Download - 8th Grade Ch. 2 Sec. 2 The Space Program
Ch. 2 Sec. 2The Space Program
Ocean of
Storms
Sea of Tranquility
Space Race
Laika
Laika, the dog, was the first living being to orbit the Earth in space.
Laika died when the Sputnik 2 capsule overheated after four days or less in orbit.
SpacSpace e
RaceRacerivalry in space
exploration between US
& Soviet Union
ationaleronautics
&pace
dministration
Soviet Union: Sputnik I
40-pound sphere
1st artificial satellite
Oct. 4, 1957
Yuri Gagarin 1st person in space- Vostok I
April 12, 1961
United StatesExplorer I 1st American
satelliteJanuary 31,1958
Alan Shepherd 1st American in space-Freedom 7
May 5, 1961
John Glenn 1st American to orbit Earth- in Friendship 7
February 20, 1962
Thirty-six years later, on October 29, 1998aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, John Glenn became the oldest person to go into space at the age of 77-years-old.
Important events in moon exploration
• JFK speech- May 1961
• Apollo program-land astronauts on moon
• Surveyor - landed on moon & did not sink
SurveyorSurveyor
•July 20, 1969 –Apollo 11 landed on moon
Neil Armstrong-1st man to walk on moon
That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
Neil Armstrong
moon rocksmoon rocks• same minerals
on Earth
• when moon’s surface formed
• moonquakes- center of moon may be molten
Alfred (Al) Worden
Apollo 15 July 26- August 7, 1971
new missions to moon• 2003- European Space Agency orbited
unpiloted spacecraft to orbit moon
• 2004- US announced plan to put permanent colony on moon Mars
Planning a Voyage to the Moon
You and your team will be creating a timeline that outlines the important dates of the space
race & current space program. • You must include 10 important events with dates,
pictures and 1-2 sentences describing each event.
• For example:• satellite launches• people in space• space race • problems that the space program had • first landing on the moon • recent events in the space program • EVERYTHING MUST BE TYPED