Operation Paperclip. End of WWII Secret operation to capture Nazi scientists Wernher von Braun and 1,600 scientists V2 Rockets

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2 Operation Paperclip End of WWII Secret operation to capture Nazi scientists Wernher von Braun and 1,600 scientists V2 Rockets

3 Sputnik First manmade satellite Launched by Russia on Oct. 4, 1957 Scared the #%&! out of us.

4 NASA July 29, 1958 President Eisenhower signed National Aeronautics and Space Act Early rocket failures

5 Yuri Gagarin First human in space April 12, minutes 1+ orbits Russia was winning space race

6 JFK Sept. 12, 1962 Galvanized nation to send men to the Moon

7 First American in Space Ham January 31, 1961

8 Mercury Program Objectives Orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth Investigate man s ability to function in space Safely recover astronaut and spacecraft Mercury 7 Astronauts Scott Carpenter Gordon Cooper John Glenn Virgil Gus Grissom Walter Schirra Alan Shepard Deke Slayton

9 Mercury-Redstone 3 May 5, 1961 Freedom 7 Spacecraft Astronaut: Alan B. Shepard Flight Summary: 15 minutes, 28 seconds Suborbital flight that put 1 st American in space.

10 Mercury-Redstone 4 July 21, 1961 Liberty Bell 7 Spacecraft Astronaut: Virgil (Gus) Grissom Flight Summary: 15 minutes, 37 seconds Suborbital flight Successful flight but capsule sank shortly after splashdown

11 Mercury-Atlas 6 February 20, 1962 Friendship 7 Spacecraft Astronaut: John Glenn Flight Summary: 4 hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds First American to orbit Earth

12 Mercury-Atlas 7, 8 & 9 Mercury-Atlas 7 May 24, 1962 Scott Carpenter Mercury-Atlas 8 October 3, 1962 Walter Schirra Mercury-Atlas 9 May Gordon Cooper

13 Gemini Program 19 Launches 10 Crewed Missions Milestones 2 Astronauts Long Duration Flights Gemini 7 2 Weeks Spacecraft Maneuvering and Docking Extravehicular Activities Space Walks

14 Gemini 4 James McDivitt and Ed White June Orbits First Spacewalk Ed White 23 minutes

15 Gemini 8 Neil Armstrong and David Scott March 16, 1966 First docking in space

16 Apollo Program Program Objective Land men on the moon and bring them safely back to Earth Over 400,000 people 20,000 Companies and Universities

17 Apollo 1 Gus Grissom, Ed White & Roger Chaffee Preflight Test January 27, 1967 Practice Countdown Sequence Fire in the Cockpit 5 Minutes to Open Hatch All Three Astronauts Perished First Fatalities in American Space Program

18 Apollo 8 December 21-27, 1968 Frank Borman, James Lovell & Bill Anders First astronauts to orbit the Moon Christmas Eve Message

19 Apollo 11 July 16-24, 1969 Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong Primary Mission Objective to Complete Goal Set by JFK July 20 One Giant Leap for Mankind

20 Apollo 13 April 11-17, 1970 Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise Swigert last minute replacement for Ken Mattingly Houston, we ve had a problem Explosion in Hydrogen Tank Crew Used Lunar Module as a Life Raft

21 Skylab May 14, 1973 July 11, 1979 First U. S. Space Station Three Crews 28, 56 and 84 days

22 Apollo - Soyuz July 15-24, 1975 Apollo Crew: Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand & Deke Slayton Soyuz Crew: Alexey Leonov & Valery Kubasov

23 Speaking of the Russians Russian Space Milestones Sputnik Laika First Animal in Orbit Nov. 3, 1957 Yuri Gagarin First Woman in Space Valentina Tereshkova June 16, 1963 Mir Space Station

24 Space Shuttle First Reusable Space Vehicle 135 Missions

25 Space Shuttle Milestones 1983 STS-7 First Woman in Space Sally Ride 1984 STS41b First Untethered Spacewalk Bruce McCandless 1990 STS 31 Deployment of Hubble Space Telescope 1993 STS 61 Hubble Repair Mission 1998 STS 95 John Glenn Returns to Orbit

26 Space Shuttle Tragedies Challenger January 28, Crew Members O-Ring Failure on Solid Rocket Booster Columbia February 1, Crew Members Foam Insulation From Solid Rocket Booster Broke Off During Liftoff, Damaged Underside of Shuttle Broke Apart During Reentry

27 Russian Space Shuttle Buran One Unmanned Flight Breakup of Soviet Union Loss of Funding

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29 International Space Station 1 st Component Launched 1998 Continuously Inhabited Since People From 17 Countries

30 Privatization of Spaceflight Space X Elon Musk Falcon 9 Rocket Ferries Cargo to ISS Lower Cost $62 Million for Falcon 9 vs $1.5 Billion for Space Shuttle Reusable Launch Vehicles Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) Mars

31 Privatization of Spaceflight Virgin Galactic Richard Branson Space Tourism $250,000 Crash Test Flight October 31, 2014 One Fatality

32 Privatization of Spaceflight Blue Origin Jeff Bezos Vertical Takeoff and Landing

33 Inventions From Space Travel