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MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP

MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP. The History of Flight by Brian Katz. The Ancient Ones. Ancient Greeks And Romans Pictured Many Of Their Gods With Wings Pegasus - The Horse Who Flew Through The Skies Daedalus and Icarus - The Father And Son Who Escaped Prison With Wings Made Of Wax.

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MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP

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  1. MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP The History of Flight by Brian Katz

  2. The Ancient Ones • Ancient Greeks And Romans Pictured Many Of Their Gods With Wings • Pegasus - The Horse Who Flew Through The Skies • Daedalus and Icarus - The Father And Son Who Escaped Prison With Wings Made Of Wax

  3. Wan Hu • A Man In Ancient China Fastened A Bundle Of Firecrackers To His Chair In An Attempt To Launch Into Space • Wan Hu Was Never Seen Again

  4. Montgolfier Brothers • First People To Go Up Into The Air Were The Montgolfier Brothers From France • 4 June 1783 Hot Air Balloon Took Off From Annonay, France • Rose To A Height Of 1000 meters And Went A Distance Of 2 Kilometers • 21 November 1783 They Flew Over Paris In A Flight That Lasted 25 Minutes And An Altitude Of 3000 ft Before Landing 5 Miles Away

  5. War Time • Chinese Repelled Monguls With Rockets • 1200s - 1600s • British Military • 1700s - present

  6. First Powered Flight • December 17, 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright Of Dayton, Ohio Were Successful In Flying A Heavier Than Air Machine That Took Off With Its Own Power, Remained Under Control And Sustained Flight • Distance: 120 feet • Time Of Flight: 12 seconds

  7. The Secret Is Out • May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh Goes From NY To Paris In 33 Hours 30 Minutes • 1932 Amelia Earhart • World War I and II

  8. Sound Barrier Is Broken • October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager Flew The X-1 And Broke The Sound Barrier (700 mph)

  9. October Sky • October 4, 1957 Soviet Union Successfully Launches Sputnik I • The World’s First Satellite; The Size Of A Basketball Weighing 183 lb • November 3, 1957 Soviet Union Successfully Launches Sputnik II • Dog Named Laika (7 Days In Space)

  10. Man Enters Space • Soviet Union Puts Yuri Gagarin Into Space (12 April 1961) • First Man To Enter Space (108 minutes)

  11. Kennedy’s Challenge • “I Believe that before the end of this decade, the US will put a man on the moon and return him safely back to the earth” - 1961

  12. NASA Goes To Work • January 31, 1958 US Army Launches Explorer I And Puts First American Satellite Into Orbit • NASA IS Born October 1958

  13. Project Mercury 1 Man Vehicle • May 5, 1961 Alan B. Shepard Jr. Becomes First American In Space (15 hours, 22 minutes) • Feb 20, 1962 John Glen Becomes First American To Orbit The Earth (3 Orbits, 4 hours, 55 hours, 23 minutes) • A Total Of 6 Mercury Launches From 1961 Thru 1963

  14. Project Gemini2 Man Vehicle • 10 Gemini Missions 1965 Thru 1966 • Flight Times Ranging From 4 hours To 330 hours

  15. The Eagle Has Landed • July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 Crew Leaves Cape Canaveral • July 20, 1969 The Lunar Module “Eagle” Lands On Moon • “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” • Neil Armstrong

  16. Lunar Suface

  17. Space Adventures • SkyLab 1973 • Apollo - Soyuz 1975

  18. The Reuseable Space Vehicle • April 12, 1981 Space Shuttle Columbia Leaves Cape Canaveral 113 Launches Columbia Challenger Atlantis Discovery Endeavour

  19. Tomorrow • Space Planes For Quicker Travel Between Countries • Space Tourism • Planetary Exploration (Manned and Unmanned) • Advanced Propulsion Systems

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