SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION

“That’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for
mankind.”
- Neil Armstrong (July 20, 1969)
- Commander Armstrong
became the first man to walk
on the moon followed by Buzz
Aldrin.
LETS EXPLORE
The Spaceships
The Spaceships
The Spaceships
The Spaceships
March 18, 2011- 1st spacecraft to orbit
Mercury

 NASA’s MESSENGER
( Mercury Surface, Space
Environment, Geochemistry,
and Ranging)
 To study Mercury’s thin
atmosphere and possible
presence of water.
July 16, 2011- 1st Spacecraft to orbit an
asteroid

 Dawn spacecraft enters

the orbit around asteroid
Vesta.
 it took photographs of
the rocky surface of two
protoplanets, Vesta and
Ceres.
August 6, 2012 –Curiosity rover lands
of Mars

 To investigate the
climate and
geology of the
planet and look for
any signs of life.
August 25, 2012 -1st Humanmade
spacecraft in the interstellar space

Voyager 1 sent data indicating that

it has passed the extreme outer
edge of the sun’s influence,
known as the heliopause.
August 6 2014 -1st Spacecraft to orbit a
comet
European Space Agency’s Rosseta
Space Probe entered the orbit
around Comet 67P/Churymove-
Gerasimenko.
July 14, 2015- New Horizon Mission

It provide us close observation on

Pluto and its moon.
The mission confirmed earlier
speculations of the compositions,
which is similar to most Kuiper
Belt objects.
If you will be the Secretary of
PAG-ASA, will you propose to
Pres. Duterte to allocate funds
for space exploration? Why and
why not?