The document summarizes key events and innovations in the space age from the 1940s to present. It describes the development of rocket technology by Wernher von Braun and the USSR's launch of Sputnik 1. The founding of NASA in 1958 is discussed, as well as early space missions involving animals and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space. Milestones like the US moon landing, space shuttles, and construction of the International Space Station are highlighted. Major players and spacecraft across decades of space exploration are concisely outlined.

1. The Space Age
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2.  This all minds was first created by the Rocket scientist of
Adolf Hitler, Wernher von Braun. He was credited as the
―Father of Rocket Science‖ for his invention that could
change aerospace forever, The V-2 rocket.

3. V-2 Rocket
This was the first known
human artifact to reach
and enter outer space. It
was the progenitor of all
modern rockets, including
those used by the United
States and Soviet Union
space programs. This led
to an eclectic array of
experiments that flew on  This photo was taken from a
V-2s and paved the way V-2 launched by U.S Scientists
for American
manned space
on 24 October 1946.
exploration.

4. • It was the first artificial Earth satellite It was a 585 mm
(23 in) diameter shiny metal sphere, with four external
radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. It was
launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.

5. • The NASA was formed on July 29, 1958. From
1946, the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics (NACA) had been experimenting with rocket
planes such as the supersonic Bell X-1.In the early
1950s, there was challenge to launch an artificial satellite
for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58). After
the Soviet launch of the world's first
artificial satellite (Sputnik I) on October 4, 1957, the
attention of the United States turned toward its own
fledgling space efforts.
1958 Current

6. The Formation of NASA
 On July
29, 1958, Eisenhower
signed the National
Aeronautics and Space
Act, establishing NASA.
When it began operations on
October 1, 1958, NASA
absorbed the 46-year-old
NACA intact; its 8,000
employees, an annual
budget of
US$100 million, three major
research laboratories • President Dwight Eisenhower
(Langley Aeronautical
Laboratory, Ames signed the National
Aeronautical Aeronautics and Space Act.
Laboratory, and Lewis Flight
Propulsion Laboratory) and
two small test facilities.

7. Laika was a Soviet space dog that
became the first animal to orbit the
Earth. As little was known about the
impact of spaceflight on living
creatures at the time of Laika's
mission, and the technology to de-orbit
had not yet been developed, there was
no expectation of Laika's survival. It’s
living on outer space paves the way
for human spaceflight.
Unfortunately, Over five months
later, after 2,570 orbits, Sputnik II
disintegrated—along with Laika's The photograph of
remains—during re-entry on April Laika
14, 1958.

8. Yuri Gagarin and the Vostok Spacecraft
• The Vostok was the first spaceflight in the Vostok
program and the first human spaceflight in
history. The Vostok 3KA spacecraft was launched
on April 12, 1961. The flight marked the first time
that a human entered outer space, as well as the
first orbital flight of a manned vehicle. Yuri
Gagarin was the only crew member of Vostok I.
The Vostok spacecraft were designed to carry a
single cosmonaut.

9. “I could have
gone on flying
through space
forever.”
Vostok I Spacecraft photo Yuri Gagarin

10. Yuri Gagarin and the Vostok Spacecraft
• Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot
and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey
into outer space, when
his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of
the Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin later became
deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training
Centre outside Moscow, which was later named
after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when the MiG
15 training jet he was piloting crashed.

11. American Astronauts
• Alan Shepard
- First American to be in space.
- He became the fifth person to
walk on the Moon, and the only
astronaut of the Mercury Seven to
walk on the Moon.
- Shepard commanded the Apollo
14 mission, piloting the lander to the
most accurate landing of the Apollo missions.

12. American Astronauts
• John Glenn
- He was the
first American to orbit the Earth
and the third American in space.
- He flew the Friendship 7 mission
on February 20, 1962. In 1965,
Glenn retired from the military and
resigned from NASA so he could be
eligible to stand for election to public office.

13. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
• Neil Alden Armstrong was an
American astronaut and the first person to walk
on the Moon. Edwin Eugene ―Buzz‖ Aldrin is
an American astronaut, and the second person to
walk on the Moon. About 20 minutes after the
first step, Aldrin joined Armstrong on the surface
and became the second human to set foot on the
Moon, and the duo began their tasks of
investigating how easily a person could operate on
the lunar surface.

14. Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin
About 20 minutes after the
first step, Aldrin joined
Armstrong on the surface and
became the second human to
set foot on the Moon, and the
duo began their tasks of
investigating how easily a
person could operate on the
lunar surface. Early on, they
unveiled a plaque
commemorating their
flight, and also planted
the flag of the United States.
The flag used on this mission
had a metal rod to hold it • From left to right (Armstrong and Aldrin
horizontal from its pole. plants the U.S flag in moon. Armstrong took
his space step and Aldrin joined him.)

15. • Photograph of Neil • Photograph of Buzz
Armstrong Aldrin

16. Salyut I
• Salyut I was the first space station of any
kind, launched by the Soviet Union on April
19, 1971. At launch, the announced purpose of
Salyut was to test the elements of the systems of
a space station and to conduct scientific research
and experiments. The craft was described as being
20 m in length, 4 m in maximum diameter, and
99 m³ in interior space with an on-orbit dry mass
of 18,425 kg.

17. Salyut I
The station was
intentionally
destroyed by de-
orbiting it after six
months in
orbit, because it ran
out of fuel before a
redesigned Soyuz
spacecraft could be
launched to it.
The Salyut I photograph

18. Space Shuttle
• The Space Shuttle was a crewed, partially
reusable low Earth
orbital spacecraft operated by the
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). Its official program
name was Space Transportation System,
taken from a 1969 plan for a system of
reusable spacecraft of which it was the only
item to be funded for development.

19. Space Shuttle
Major missions included
launching numerous
satellites, interplanetary
probes, the Hubble Space
Telescope(HST), conducting
space science experiments,
and constructing and
servicing the International
Space Station. Major
components included
the orbiters, recoverable
boosters, external tanks,
payloads, and supporting
infrastructure. Five space-
worthy orbiters were built;
two were lost in mission The lifting of Discovery (left)
accidentS.
and Atlantis (Right)

20. Formation of
the Skylab
- Skylab was the first space station
of the NASA and the U.S.A that
orbited the Earth from 1973 to
1979., and included a workshop, a
solar observatory, and other
systems. After Skylab's demise, the
focus shifted to the reusable
Spacelab module, an orbital
workshop that could be deployed
from the Space Shuttle and
returned to Earth. The next
American space station project was
Space Station Freedom which was
never completed, although it
eventually led to the construction of
the US Orbital Segment of the
International Space Station, starting The Picture of Skylab
in 1998. Shuttle-Mir was another
project, and led to the U.S. funding
Spektr, Priroda, and the Mir
Docking Module in the 1990s.

21. Formation of
Mir
A space station that operated in low
Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first
by the Soviet Union and then by
Russia. Assembled in orbit from
1986 to 1996, Mir was the first
modular space station and had a
greater mass than that of any
previous spacecraft, holding the
record for the largest artificial
satellite orbiting the Earth until its
deorbit on 21 March 2001 (a record
now surpassed by the International
Space Station). Mir served as a
microgravity research laboratory in
which crews conducted experiments
in biology, human
biology, physics, astronomy, meteoro
logy and spacecraft systems in order
to develop technologies required for
the permanent occupation of space.

22. Formation of ISS
The International Space Station
(ISS) is a habitable artificial
satellite in low Earth orbit. It
follows the Salyut, Almaz, Skylab
and Mir stations as the ninth
space station to be inhabited. The
ISS is a modular structure whose
first component was launched in
1998Now the largest artificial
body in orbit, it can often be seen
at the appropriate time with the
naked eye from Earth without any
special equipment.The ISS
consists of pressurised
modules, external trusses, solar
arrays and other components. ISS
components have been launched
by American Space Shuttles as
well as Russian Proton and Soyuz
rockets

23. Satellite
• An object which has been placed into orbit
by human endeavor. Such objects are
sometimes called artificial satellites to
distinguish them from natural satellites
such as the Moon.

24. Up to now, these incredible inventions and
discoveries made possible to identify the true
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