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Title: APOLLO


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APOLLO
  • While starting in tragedy (Apollo I astronauts
    were killed in a fire during a training exercise)
    The Apollo missions landed successfully on the
    moon 6 times.
  • The Apollo missions used the Saturn V rockets.
  • http//spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/index.h
    tml

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The Shuttle Missions
  • Ran from 1981-present
  • Goals
  • To launch/repair satellites.
  • Perform various scientific experiments in space.

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Shuttle missions
  • While shuttles are not designed to go as far as
    the rockets, nor land on the moon, the shuttle
    missions have gathered valuable information from
    their experiments and launched satellites for
    many nations.
  • Shuttles include Columbia, Atlantis, Endeavor,
    and Discovery
  • http//www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/shuttle/mission
    s/missions.html

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Space Stations
  • Skylab 1973-1979 Could only hold 3 men at a
    time.http//www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/sk
    ylab/skylab.htm
  • Mir 1994-1998
  • http//spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/hi
    story/h-t-short.htm
  • International Space Station 1998-present
  • http//spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/station/index.
    html
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