3. BEGGININGS
For centuries, the Chinese had been using rockets for ceremonial and
military purposes.
But it wasn’t until the latter-half of the 20th Century where rockets were
developed to overcome Earths’ gravity.
Hermann Oberth. Robert Goddard Konstantin
Tsiolkovski
4. 1944
In June V-2 rocket, became the first artificial object
to cross the boundary of space with the vertical
launch.
5. 1958-1959
The start of satellite-based space research is the detection of
the Van Allen radiation belt by Explorer 1 in 1958,
In the following year space planetology emerged with a series
of lunar probes.
the first photographs of the far side of
the Moon in 1959.
6. 1958
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
• Laika; becme the first animal to
orbit the Earth
7. 1961
On April 12, Yuri Gagarin was the
first human to orbit Earth in Vostok 1.
US astronaut Alan Shepard was the
first American in space.
9. 1969-1971
On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin
“Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the moon.
On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Salyut 1, which was
the first space station of any kind.
10. 1997
CASSINI
Arrived in the Saturn system in May 2004
MISSION: Explore Saturn, then extended
to Enceladus (2005)
October 2003: confirmed Einstein’s
Theory of General Relativity.
REASON: Collect data about Saturn and
its moons (Enceladus,2005) and take
pictures,
It was to be shutdown in 2008 but it is still
working
11. 2004
ROSSETA
Arrival at comet: Aug. 6, 2014
MISSION: catch the comet "67P/Churyumov-
Gerasimenko" (C-G).
REASON: answer questions about comets
1º soft-land a robot on a comet and 1º
accompanying a comet while it enters to our
solar system.
12. 2006
NEW HORIZONS
MISSION: Explore Pluto some of his satellites
and the Kuiper Belt.
RESEARCH: 6º moth flyby study of Pluto and its
moons in summer 2015.Expected to head
farther into the Kuiper Belt
REASON: Help us answer basic questions.
Understand where Pluto and its moons fit in the
solar system
13. 2009
KEPLER
MISSION: three years studying space for other
Earth-like exoplanets to live in.
RESEARCHS: So far, 3800 exoplanets identified
and 960 verified
expect + 90% will turn out to be the real deal
Two reaction wheels failed ,new assignment
,observe star clusters and supernovae
Supossed to end in 2012,remain in operation.
14. 2011
JUNO
MISSION: To fly to Jupiter and collect
information about the planet
REASON: Thought to be first planet
formed, key to know where we came
from
It entered in Jupiter´s orbit on the 5th of
July of 2016.
15. 2013
MARS ORBITER
MISSION (MOM)
success, and a low-cost (the least expensive Mars
mission)
Orbiting Mars since 24 September, 2014
MOM is expected to remain in orbit until at least
March 2015.
REASON: "technology demonstrator"
Explore Mars' surface features using 5 scientific
instruments
16. 2018
IN-SIGHT
Target: Mars
drill beneath the surface to investigate
interior structure.
REASON: better understanding of Mars'
evolution as a rocky planet.
18. 2021
ASTEROID REDIRECT
ROBOTIC MISSION
first-ever robotic mission to visit a large
near-Earth asteroid
Collect multi-ton stones from its surface
Redirect into a stable orbit around the
moon
