NATS 1745 Lecture Notes - Nasa, Wernher Von Braun, V-2 Rocket

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Ch 12: the space race and the search for. Race into space: 1942: the v2 rocket, a german ww2 missile became the 1st man-made object to breach. Earth"s boundary (i. e the karman line, which is 100 km above sea level: 1945: werner von braun, the german rocket scientist behind the v2, surrendered to the us. The orbit mapped most of the planet"s surface: 1976: nasa"s vikings 1&2 became the 1st crafts to land on mars. 2004: nasa"s spirit & opportunity became the 1st rovers on a planet (mars) Space flight: 1981-2011: nasa"s space shuttle (a rocket, orbiter and re-entry spaceplane) completed over. 200 missions; eg. satellite maintenance, space experiments & trips to the international space. Station (iss: 1998: the iss, a habitable satellite for conducting space experiments, was launched into. Earth-orbit in a joint effort by 5 space agencies. It has been continuously occupied for over 10 years.

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