MISSION SPACE

ABOUT SPACE AND ASTRONAUTS

INTRODUCTION

 Artificial satellites are man made objects set into space. Scientist use them
to study the universe, forecast weather, and so on.
 Space contains our own planet, Earth, and our own star, the Sun. Both
belong to our galaxy called milky way, which contains about 100 billion stars.
In this presentation, you can find out some information of space. So lets
begin!!!
SPUTNIK - I

 The first artificial satellite to go around the

earth was the Russian satellite Sputnik – 1 it
was launched in 4 October 1957. The Soviet
Union launched it into an elliptical low
Earth orbit.
 Orbiting for three weeks before its batteries
died, then silently for two more months
before falling back into the atmosphere. Its
orbiting height is 577km. It had completed
1440 orbits till date.
 Its manufacturer was Energia. Several
replicas of the sputnik 1 satellite can be
found in Russia and another is on display in
the Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum in Washington, D.C. It remained in
the space for 96 days.
EUGENE CERNAN

 The second last person to walk on

moon was an American astronaut
named Eugene Cernan way back in
December 1972. A navy test pilot and
electrical and astronautic engineer,
he was also the commander of Apollo
17.
 He was born on 14 march 1934,
Chicago, Illinois United States. He
died on 16 January 2017, Houston
Texas, United States. He had done
Apollo 17 Apollo 10 and Gemini 9A
missions on space. He was eleventh
person to walk on moon.
YURI GAGRIN

 On12 April 1961 Yuri Alekseyevich

Gagarin became the first human
being to journey in outer space,
achieving a major milestone in
Space Race, his capsule was Vostok
– I completing one orbit of Earth.
 He was born on 9 March 1934,
Klushino, Russia. He died on 27
March 1968, Novoselovo, Russia. His
nationality is Soviet. His height is
1.57m.
 FACT : Americans say astronaut
while Russia say cosmonaut.
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA

 Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is

a member of the Russian state duma ,
engineer, and former cosmonaut. She
is the first and youngest woman to
have flown in space with solo mission
on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.
 She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent
almost three days in space and
remains the only woman to have been
on a solo space mission.
 FACT : Before her selection for the
soviet space program Tereshkova was
a textile factory worker and amateur
skydiver.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

 On 20th July, 1969 Neil Armstrong, an

American astronaut became the first
person to step on moon.
 He travelled in spacecraft Apollo 11,
along with astronaut Michael Collins
Edwin Eugene (buzz)Aldrin ,jr.
Armstrong describe the first step on
the moon as “one giant leap for
mankind.”
 He was born 5 August 1930,
Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States. He
died on 25 August 2012, Cincinnati,
Ohio, United States. His space mission
were Apollo 11 and Gemini 8.
RAKESH SHARMA

 Rakesh Sharma an Indian military

pilot and cosmonaut, was the first
Indian citizen in space. Taking part
in joint Indo-Soviet space mission,
Sharma and two soviet cosmonauts
flew to the Salyut 7 space station on
3rd April 1984. Their space craft
landed back on Earth on 11 April
1984.
 He was born on 13th January
1949,Patiala, India. His space
missions were Soyuz T-11, Soyuz-
10.His spouse name is Madhu Sharma
International Space Station (ISS)

 The International Space Station is a

Space Station in low earth orbit. The ISS
programme is a joint project between
five participating space agencies: NASA,
Roscomos, JAXA,ESA, and CSA. The
ownership and the use of space station is
established by inter-governmental
treaties and agreements.
 Did you know there is a space research
station assembled and launched in the
space itself ? In 1990s, the ISS was
launched in collaboration by 16
countries. This is a unique space research
centre in the Earth’s orbit where
scientist stay and research about space.
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

 India begin it’s first-ever interplanetary

mission by launching Mars Orbiter
Mission (MOM) or the Mangalayan
spacecraft on 5th November, 2013. The
MOM went into Mars’ orbit successfully
on 24th September, 2014.
 The Mars Orbiter Mission is also called
Mangalayan (From Sanskrit Word
“Managal” which means Mars and
“Yan” which means vehicle).
 It made India the first Asian nation to
reach Martian orbit and the first nation
in the world to do so on its maiden
attempt.
BONUS FACTS

 Every star would explode if gravity did not hold its material together.
 The African Dogon tribe say their ancestors knew about the invisible star
Sirius B thousands of years before scientists discovered it in 1862.
 In the constellation corona borealis there is when tiny black particles hide it
from the view.
 North American Indians tested warrior’s eyesight by seeing how many stars
they can count.
 Giant elliptical (oval) galaxies, found at the centre of large clusters, maybe
eating up smaller galaxies.
 It would take 81 moons to weigh the same as Earth.
Quick quiz

? Who was the first American woman space travellers ?

Answer: Sally Ride
? How many people have walked on moon so far ?
Answer: 12
? Which Indian-born US astronaut died when her space shuttle, Columbia, disintegrated while
returning to Earth ?
Answer: Kalpana Chawala
? Name the first space tourist from the united states who paid for his ticket for a flight to
space in 2001.
Answer: Dennis Tito
? Which was the first animal to go into the space ?
Answer: Laika Dog
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PRESENTATION BY DHYANI, SAUMYA AND PARAG