Space Exploration

Debra Stadelman Mr. Willard Science and tech. 4th quarter project SPACE EXPLORATION Space exploration has been very important in human life. The first object in space was Sputnik 1 and it was launched by the U.S.S.R.in 1957. When sputnik was first launched it seemed as if it were to start a new war against the United States. But as the studied it more they realized that it was just a satellite circling the globe. That it meant us no harm. In 1958, launched by the U.S, the Explorer 1 discovers Earth’s radiation belt. 1959 the Luna 1 was the first manmade object, built by the U.S.S.R, to land on the moon. That same year the Pioneer 4 fell into orbit and became the first satellite to orbit the sun. May 25, 1961 president J.F.K thought of a new idea for NASA. To send a man to the moon. It started the agency's Apollo program. The on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong's took the first leap off the Apollo 11. Ever since NASA's founding in 1958, every president from has left his mark in the space program. NASA is a political arm of any administration. Lance Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon in America in 1969. At an early age Armstrong was fascinated with flying and got his pilot’s license at the age 16 before he could legally drive. He started out as a test pilot in the navy. After he left in 1952 he didn’t quit he went and was a test pilot for NACA before it was renamed NASA. Where scientists decided he becomes the pilot to fly the Apollo 11. His crewmate Buzz Aldrin was the second to step on the moon the same day as Neil Armstrong. But people mainly only remember Armstrong’s famous line "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong died at the age of 82. His crewmember died at the age of 69 due to a motorcycle accident. Sally Ride, an American physicist, was the first American woman to go into outer space. Her first