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Space Technology and NASA

The document discusses space technology and NASA. It describes how space technology allows for weather forecasting, GPS, and global communications. NASA was established in 1958 and oversees major space programs including Apollo 11, which landed astronauts on the moon; Skylab, the first space station; the Space Shuttle program; and the ongoing International Space Station. NASA's goal is to send humans to Mars by 2037.

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Space Technology and NASA

The document discusses space technology and NASA. It describes how space technology allows for weather forecasting, GPS, and global communications. NASA was established in 1958 and oversees major space programs including Apollo 11, which landed astronauts on the moon; Skylab, the first space station; the Space Shuttle program; and the ongoing International Space Station. NASA's goal is to send humans to Mars by 2037.

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Space Technology

& NASA
Contents

Space Technology and Advantages

NASA

Space Programs

Exploration of Mars

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Space Technology
Space technology is a technology that is related to
entering space, and understanding what is beyond
Earth.

Advantages

Global
Weather GPS Communications
forecasting

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Effect of Space Technology

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NASA
• NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
• Established by the National Aeronautics and Space
Act on July 29, 1958
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• 1969 1973 1981 1998
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•Apollo •Sky Lab •Space •International
Shuttle Space Station

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Apollo 11
• First mission, landed human on moon
• Landed on July 20, 1969 with
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin
• Experiments included soil mechanics,
heat flow and magnetic fields
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Skylab
• First space station
• It was in orbit from 1973
to 1979
• It included a laboratory
for studying the
effects of
microgravity
• Destroyed in 1979
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Space Shuttle
• Frequently launchable
and a reusable
vehicle
• It can carry astronauts
and launch satellites
• Today, the space
shuttle is used
mostly to work on the
International Space
Station

Columbia, 1981
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International Space Station

• It is an internationally
developed research
facility currently being
assembled in low earth
orbit
• Construction of the
station began in 1998
and is scheduled to be
completed by 2011
• It is the largest artificial
satellite in Earth orbit
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Exploration of Mars
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• NASA aims to put
human on mars by
2037
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Any Queries?

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Thank You

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