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Astronomy:
X-15:
Terraforming Mars
Space Camp:
Space Education:
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/shop/space_merchandise.html
ET Shuttle:
RD-701: It is a tripropellant Russian rocket engine that was
going to be used with the MAKS spaceplane.
Project Orion:
Titan:
Wernher Von Braun:
V-2:
aeropsace technologies
Titan III:
Space Imaging:
Mars Odyssey:
Gaia:
Missiles:
OME:
Zero-Gravity:
Robert Goddard:
Weightlessness:
Space Suit:
Alexei Leonov:
First American Spacewalk
During the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965, Ed White became
the first American to conduct a spacewalk. The spacewalk started
at 3:45 p.m. EDT on the third orbit when White opened the hatch
and used the hand-held manuevering oxygen-jet gun to push
himself out of the capsule.
The EVA started over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and lasted 23
minutes, ending over the Gulf of Mexico. Initially, White
propelled himself to the end of the 8-meter tether and back to
the spacecraft three times using the hand-held gun. After the
first three minutes the fuel ran out and White maneuvered by
twisting his body and pulling on the tether.
Sergei Korolev 1906-1966
Sergei Korolev was a Ukrainian born designer and engineer who
directed the Soviet Union's space program during its early
years. His name is linked with many of the great achievements of
the firs decades of the space age. He was responsible for the
Cosmos, Vostok, and Soyuz seers of spacecraft. He also played a
key role in the launch of Sputnik 1 (the first satellite in
space), the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin and the
first spacewalk by Alexei Leonov
Mae Jemison - born 1956
Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space,
flying aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Born in
Alabama, she has degrees in both chemical engineering and
medicine and was working as a doctor in Los |Angeles when in
1987 she was selected for astronaut training. She resigned from
NASA in 1993, not long after her Space Shuttle mission and
founded an organization committed to the advancement and
beneficial uses of space technology and exploration.
Helen Sharman
born 1963
Helen Sharman was the first British person to travel into space,
aboard the Soviet Soyuz TM-12 spacecraft in 1991. Sharman spent
8 days in space, 6 of them abroad the spaced station Mir. Born
in Sheffield, England, she obtained a chemistry degree in 1984
and worked for give years as a research scientist. In 1989, she
answered an advertisement: "Astronaut wanted - no experience
necessary". Not long afterwards, she found that she had been
selected as a trainer cosmonaut for a Soviet space mission. ONe
of the main aspects of her 18-month training program was to
learn Russian. Since her return from space, Helen Sharman has
continued to work as a scientist and broadcaster.
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard was the first American in space, as the occupant of
the Mercury 3 spacecraft, which was blasted into space on 5 May
1961. The flight lasted just 15 minutes and did not orbit Earth.
Instead, the Mercury capsules landed in the Atlantic Ocean 485km
(300 miles) down range from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral,
Florida. Born in New Hampshire Shepard obtained a degree in
aeronautics in 1944 and later became a test pilot for the US
Navy. In 1959, he was chosen among the first group of seven
American astronaut. As well as his Mercury flight, Shepard was
commander of the Apollo 14 mission that landed on the Moon i
1971. during one moonwalk, Shepard famously hit tot fold alls
for hundreds of yards over the Moon's surface. Shepard retired
from NASA in 1874 and went into business.
Valentina Tereshkova
born 1937
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space. In
June 1963, she made 48 made 48 Earth orbits aboard the Vostok 6
spacecraft. Born near Yaroslavl in western russian, Tereshkova
left school at 16 to work in a textile factory. She also became
an amateur parachutist and in 1962 was selected for space
flight, at the end of which Tereshkova parachuted to the ground,
she was made a Hero of the Soviet Union It was to be another 19
years before another woman traveled in solace.
Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel in space in
1983 when she was lanced abroad the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Space Walk:
Space Sickness:
Solra Wind:
Space Capsule:
Speed of Light:
Suernovae:
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/atlasv.html
Cosmology:
Nanotechnology:
Scramjet:
Space Ports: Kennedy Space Center, Vandenburg, Baikonur
Peenemunde:
***to move***
Cryosat:
What is Space?
Outer Space begins about 200 km above the Earth, where the
shell of air around our planet disappears. With no air to
scatter sunlight and produce a blue sky, space appears as a
black blanket dotted with stars.
Space is usually regarded as being completely empty. But this
is not true. The vast gaps between the stars and planets are
filled with huge amounts of thinly spread gas and dust. Even the
emptiest parts of space contain at least a few hundred atoms or
molecules per cubic metre.
Space is also filled with many forms of radiation that are
dangerous to astronauts. Much of this infrared and ultraviolet
radiation comes from the Sun. High energy X-rays, gamma rays and
cosmic rays – particles travelling close to the speed of light –
arrive from distant star systems. In space, no one can hear you
scream. This is because there is no air in space – it is a
vacuum. Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum.
Lost in Space Season 4 (added notes in this page)
Blast Off - met Space Probe. It tries to destory the
Jupiter 2. The Space Probe gets blown up, but a piece of
destroyed debris hits Space Pod and one of the legs drops off.
The Space Pod is on out of control and heading for a crash
landing on a planet. The episode ends.
Repair in Space - The Jupiter is badly damaged and
repairs are carried out in space.
Space Door - John and Maureen are planning to enter
the Space Pod on the Jupiter 2, but end up on a planet in
another place.
Jimo:
Jupiter Icy
Moons Orbiter spacecraft
LEM:
Launch Pad:
Interstellar:
Heatshield:
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/news1.html
Gravity:
Yuri Gagarin:
Astronauts:
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceplanes/x-43.html
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project. She is profiling female astronauts and while we enjoyed
your site, we would like to suggest adding a name to your list
of Pioneering Women of Space. In 1992, Dr. Roberta Bondar was
the first Canadian woman in space. She flew as a payload
specialist and is a renowned Neurobiologist, author and
photographer
Cosmic
Science