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Powerpoint Presentation Grade VIII
Powerpoint Presentation Grade VIII
To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.
Science : explores the Earth, solar system and universe; charts the best route of discovery; and reaps the benefits of Earth and space exploration for society.
Human Exploration and Operations : focuses on International Space Station operations, development of commercial spaceflight capabilities and human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit
Space Technology : rapidly develops, innovates, demonstrates, and infuses revolutionary, high-payoff technologies that enable NASA's future missions while providing economic benefit to the nation.
A rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation.
A probe may operate far out in space, or it may orbit or land on a planet or a moon. It may make a one-way journey, or it may bring samples and data back to Earth. Probes transmit data from space by radio.
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A space telescope is any instrument in outer space which is used for observation of distant planets, galaxies, and other outer space objects.
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Space probes
Achievement/purpose
USA Near-earth asteroid First to orbit an asteroid (asteroid 433 eros) Soviets Union Luna 9 First to made a soft landing on earths moon
1971
1990
Voyager 1 & 2
Dawn express Targeting asteroid ceres for 2011 and asteroid vesta for 2015
1977
2007