Space Exploration

EVIDENCES - SPACE EXPLORATION
DATA/STATISTICS
● The first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the

Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.
● The first human to go into space, Yuri Gagarin, was launched, again
by the Soviet Union, for a one-orbit journey around Earth on April 12,
1961.
● Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong and Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin
made the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969.
● In 1973 the U.S. launched its own space station (see Skylab), and
since the mid 1970s it devoted much of its manned space efforts to
the space shuttle program and, more recently, to developing the
International Space Station in collaboration with Russia and other
countries.
● Starting in the early 1970s, a series of Soviet (Russian from
December 1991) space stations, the U.S. Skylab station, and
numerous space shuttle flights provided Earth-orbiting bases for
varying periods of human occupancy and activity.
● From November 2, 2000, when its first crew took up residence, to its
completion in 2011, the International Space Station (ISS) served as a
base for humans living and working in space on a permanent basis.
TESTIMONIALS
● “I see space exploration as a reason to wake up in the morning every day with
excitement towards the future.” - EMIL KYEK
● “When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our
planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!" - YURI
GAGARIN
● “Life, forever dying to be born afresh, forever young and eager; will presently stand
upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars.’’ - HG
WELLS
● The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the
great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other
nations can expect to stay behind in the race for space.- JOHN F. KENNEDY
● “Our flight must be not only to the stars but into the nature of our
own beings. Because it is not merely where we go, to Alpha Centauri
or Betelgeuse, but what we are as we make our pilgrimage there. Our
natures will be going there, too.’’-PHILIP K. DICK
CONTENT RELATED VOCABULARY
● Debris-the remains of something that has been destroyed

● Cosmos-the universe considered as a whole
● Meteor-a mass that enters earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent
● Orbit-the path of a celestial body in its revolution about another
● Meteoric-of extraterrestrial bodies that hit the earth's atmosphere
● Asteroid belt - The region between Mars and Jupiter that contains the largest
population of asteroids in our solar system.
● Binary star - A system of two stars where one revolves around the other or both
revolve around a common center.
● Black dwarf - A star that’s exhausted its own supply of carbon and burnt out.
● Black hole - A place in space where the pull of gravity is so strong that even light
can’t get out.
● Constellation - A group of stars that form a pattern.
● Dark matter - Particles thought to exist in space that don’t absorb, reflect or emit
light, and thus can’t be observed.
● Dwarf galaxy - Small dim galaxies that are abundant in the universe.
● Dwarf planet - A body in space that resembles a small planet but lacks criteria to
class it as such.
● Nebula - A cloud of dust and gas in space.
● Penumbra - A partial shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque object. It
occurs when only part of a light source is cut off.
● Solstice - The time when the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination,
causing the shortest and longest days of the year.
● Red giant - A star that’s run out of hydrogen and begins to grow bigger and redder.
FACTS
● The Space Age Began in 1957: The Soviet Union launched the first artificial
satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957. This marked the beginning of the space
age.
● Robotic Explorers: Space agencies around the world have sent numerous robotic
missions to explore our solar system. These include the Mars rovers (like Curiosity
and Perseverance), the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Voyager probes, which
have left the solar system and are now in interstellar space.
● International Space Station (ISS): The ISS is a joint project involving multiple space
agencies, including NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (European Space
Agency), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). It has been continuously
inhabited since November 2000.
● Mars Missions: Mars has been a major target for exploration. Missions like Viking,
Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity have provided valuable data. In recent years, missions
like Perseverance and the Tianwen-1 rover have continued to explore the red planet.
● Exoplanets: Scientists have discovered thousands of exoplanets (planets outside our solar
system) using telescopes like Kepler and TESS. Some of these exoplanets are considered
potentially habitable.
● Space Tourism: Private companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic are
working to make space tourism a reality. People have already paid for suborbital trips on
these companies' spacecraft.
● The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Set to launch in December 2021 (as of my
last update in September 2021), the JWST is expected to be the successor to the Hubble
Space Telescope, providing unprecedented views of the universe in infrared wavelengths.
● Space Junk: There are thousands of pieces of space debris orbiting Earth, from defunct
satellites to discarded rocket stages. This poses a growing problem for space missions and
satellites.
● The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Various missions and telescopes are designed to
search for signs of life beyond Earth. This includes missions to icy moons like Europa
and Enceladus, where liquid water might exist beneath the surface.
● The Artemis Program: NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon and
establish a sustainable presence there, with the goal of eventually sending astronauts to
Mars.
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EVIDENCES - SPACE EXPLORATION

● The first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the

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● Debris-the remains of something that has been destroyed

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