Human Space Flight
Trials and Tribulations
Human Space Flight
Challenges of Human Space
Flight
NASA
Tragedy
Future of Human Space Flight
Human Space Flight: Challenges
Gravity
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G m1 m2
r
2
> F= force, G = Gravitational Constant, m= mass, and r= Distance
Human Space Flight: Challenges
Human Habitation
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Air
Food/Water
Temperature
Radiation
Human Space Flight: Challenges
Human Space Flight: NASA
Founded in 1958
– Formed as a result of “Sputnik Crisis”
– Mercury
Meant to answer the question: Can humans
survive in space?
– Gemini
2 man capsules with the intent of exploration of
how humans can work in space
Human Space Flight: The Moon
Apollo
– May 25, 1961 –
Speech By John F.
Kennedy
– July 20, 1969 – Neil
Armstrong set foot on
the surface of the
moon
Human Space Flight: The Moon
Human Space Flight: The Shuttle
April 12, 1981 – First
space shuttle launch
after a 6 year gap in
launches at NASA
Human Space Flight: Tragedy
January 27, 1967 fire in an Apollo
capsule on the ground that took the lives
of astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil
"Gus" Grissom, and Edward H. White Jr.
Jr.
Human Space Flight: Tragedy
On January 28, 1986
a leak in the joints of
one of two Solid
Rocket Boosters
attached to the
Challenger orbiter
caused the main
liquid fuel tank to
explode 73 seconds
after launch, killing all
7 crew members
Human Space Flight: Tragedy
February 1
– The Space Shuttle
Columbia broke up on
re-entry into the
earth’s atmosphere
Human Space Flight: Future
Where do we go now?