Transcript Space mission notes - Northwest ISD Moodle

SPACE:
THE FINAL FRONTIER
First man-made object to
orbit Earth, launched by
the U.S.S.R., and
remains in orbit until
January 4, 1958.
And this
begins the
race for
space!
Sputnik 1 October 4, 1957
Carried the dog Laika for
7 days in orbit, launched
by the U.S.S.R., and
remains in orbit until April
13, 1958. Laika means
“Barker” . Sputnik 2 was
never intended to be
retrievable. Laika died 4
days after launch due to
overheating.
Sputnik 2 November 3, 1957
The first U.S. satellite in
orbit
The Russians launched
their rocket in secret so
the US was in a hurry to
get into the race.
Explorer 1 January 31, 1958
Carries Alan B.
Shepard,Jr., the first U.S.
Astronaut into space, in a
suborbital flight
The Mercury project
was the first US
project to launch and
return a spacecraft
safely.
Mercury Freedom 7 May 5, 1961
Gemini Program
The Gemini program was designed as a
bridge between the Mercury and Apollo
programs, primarily to test equipment and
mission procedures in Earth orbit and to
train astronauts and ground crews for
future Apollo missions.
Each Gemini
mission carried
two astronauts
into Earth orbit
for periods
ranging from 5
hours to 14
days.
Neil Armstrong and
Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make
the first manned soft
landing on the Moon, and
the first moonwalk. “A
small step for man, a big
step for man-kind.”
Apollo 11 July 20, 1969
Space suits must provide
complete life support,
safety, comfort, and
mobility when astronaut
leave the ship for up to 8.5
hours. Space suits
therefore must provide
compartments for the
storage of food, water,
oxygen, and waste, as well
as protection from
temperature extremes,
vacuum, and
micrometeoroids.
The suit, including gloves,
boots, and helmet, contains
many subsystems, each
with a variety of sensors,
transducers, and control
elements. One area that
needs
What exactly is the function of a space suit?
Space suits are checked underwater to make
sure there are no leaks.
When they're inside the
space shuttle, it's just like
being here on Earth there is air inside made
up of Oxygen and
Nitrogen that comes from
tanks carried on the
shuttle. When the
astronauts go outside the
shuttle in their
spacesuits, they breathe
pure oxygen from tanks
in the backpack of their
spacesuit.
Astronauts must carry their oxygen into space with them, because
there is no oxygen in space.
Launched, suffering an
explosion in its SM
oxygen tanks. Its Moon
landing is aborted, and
the crew, James A.
Lovell, Jr., John L.
Swigert, Jr. and Fred W.
Haise, Jr., return safely.
Apollo 13 April 11, 1970
Swigert: 'Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here.'
Duke: 'This is Houston. Say again please.‘
Lovell: 'Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a main B bus undervolt.'
Space Stations
Extended time to live and work in space
More laboratory room and time
Study long term effects of space on
Humans
Equipment
Assembled piece by piece
Spacecraft transport supplies and astronauts
to and from the station
3 crews
28 – 84 days
US space station
Skylab 1973 – 1978
Mir
B.1986 - 1996
2001 – burns in Earth’s atmosphere
Russian (USSR)
space station
1998 – 2016 ?
ISS
International Space Station
5 space agencies representing
15 different countries
Space Shuttle
Reusable
Earth Orbit ONLY
1 – 2 week missions
Supply the ISS
Scientific experiments
Carry satellites to and from space
1981 - 2011
The Hubble Telescope
1990 – 2014?
2018? James Webb space telescope
Space Probes
send information back to Earth
Voyager 1 & 2
Probes
1977 - ?
Sending
information
about the
outer
planets
back to
Earth. The
only space
crafts to
venture to
the outer
planets.
New Horizon Space Probe to
Pluto
The New Horizon Pluto probe was
launched on Jan. 19, 2006. It
reached it’s closest approach to
Pluto on July 14, 2015.
Mars Space Probes
Spirit & Opportunity 2004 - ?
Mars rover as seen from the Mars Global Surveyor
Earth as seen from Mars
Private businesses begin to explore space !
Spaceship One
w/ White Knight - 2004
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- Sputnik – 1st artificial satellite
– Vostok 1 – 1st man in space
– Kennedy “Man on the Moon by the end of the decade”.
– Mercury Program – launches and recovers safely
– Gemini Program – two working in space
– Apollo program – puts man on the Moon
Apollo 11 - 7/20/1969
– US space station Skylab
– Space shuttle begins
– Russian space station Mir
– Hubble placed in low Earth orbit
– ISS – International Space Station
– 1st private company in space…(not a government)
– Shuttle retired
Moon / Mars / James Webb telescope / ????
The type of foods
depends on the individual
likes and dislikes of the
crewmember - so it would
be difficult to generalize.
Some popular items are
the shrimp cocktail and
flour tortillas. We in the
Nutrition and Food area
would like the crew to get
an ample source of
calcium. For long term
missions this is especially
important. Many of the
items flown on board the
Shuttle are very similar to
an earth-bound menu just specially packaged
(e.g. thermostabilized,
dehydrated).
Astronauts must take all the food they will need for their stay in
space.