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Galileo Galilei Edmund Halley The Wright Brothers Sputnik I Yuri Gagarin Apollo 11 Vikings I and 2 Voyager 1 and 2 Columbia Spaceship Space Shuttle Challenger Hubble Space Telescope Mars Orbiter Buzz Aldrin (1st man on moon) NASA Questions that they need to answer: For People: What are they known for? When did the event happen? What impact did this have on society? Any neat facts that they want to include. For Spaceships and...
Read MoreThe Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram (1,592 lb) space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for 34 years, 2 months and 24 days as of today (29 November 2011), the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of 119 astronomical units (1.78×1010 km) as of October 2011,[2] it is the farthest...
Read MoreViking 1 was the first of two spacecraft sent to Mars as part of NASA’s Viking program. It was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission,[1] and until May 19, 2010 held the record for the second longest Mars surface mission of 6 years and 116 days (from landing until surface mission termination, Earth time). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_1 The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking...
Read MoreSpace Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASA’s second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia having been the first. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International‘s Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey, California. Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983, and it completed nine missions before breaking apart 73 seconds after the launch of its tenth...
Read MoreThe Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, theSpace Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members. Debris from Columbia fell to Earth in Texas along a path stretching from Trophy Club to Tyler, as well as into parts...
Read MoreMars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit. As MRO entered orbit it joined five other active spacecraft in orbit of or on the planet: Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Express, Mars Odyssey, and two Mars Exploration Rovers; a then record for most spacecraft operational in Mars vicinity. The US$720 million spacecraft was built byLockheed...
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