Space Exploration

 

The Space Program

• The space program is a program that let humans go in space
• The space program started in 1958
• NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• The first human to orbit Earth was Yuri Gagarin, aboard Vostok 1
• The first American in space, Alan Shepard, was aboard Freedom 7
• The first American to orbit Earth was John Glenn, aboard Friendship 7
• Between 1969 and 1972, the United States and the Soviet Union sent many unpiloted spacecrafts to explore the moon
• In July 1969, three American astronauts circled the moon aboard Apollo 11
• Once in orbit, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin entered a tiny spacecraft called Eagle
  
• On July 20, the Eagle descended toward a flat area on the moon's surface called the Sea of Tranquility
• The Eagle landed and said that they landed safely on the moon and the mission control in Houston, Texas cheered and whooped
  
• "One small step for man, one giant leap for man kind." , stated Neil Armstrong