Name:
Block: Date:
Space Exploration Time Line
Directions:
- Find the information for the following questions below using the internet or library/book sources.
- Organize questions in order from oldest to youngest dates
- Put this information on an 11” x 17” piece of paper (or larger) in the format of a timeline.
- Turn in the answers and information that you’ve written down on this paper and your timeline.
Due Date: This assignment is due: ______A-day: ______B-day
- What year was the first landing on the moon and what was the name of the spacecraft?
- What year was Apollo 13 and what was the purpose of the mission?
- What was Sputnik, when was it launched and what was its purpose?
- Who was the first Russian (Soviet) in space and what year did this occur?
- When was the first launch of the Space Shuttle?
- When did the Mercury phase of the space program start and what was the purpose?
- When did the Apollo phase of the space program start and what was the purpose?
- When did the Challenger disaster occur? What happened?
- When did the Columbia disaster occur? What happened?
- Who was the first woman commander in space? What spacecraft was she on and when?
- What is the International Space Station? When was it constructed? What is its purpose?
- When was the Viking launched and where did it go?
- When was Voyager II launched and what was/is its mission?
- What was Galileo? When was it launched and what was was its purpose?
- What are the Mars Exploration Rovers? When were they launched and what are their purposes?
- When was the Hubble Telescope launched and what does it do?
- What is the James Webb Space Telescope? When is it scheduled to launch? What is it expected to study?
- When was the Mariner 10 launched and what did this spacecraft do?
- When was New Horizons launched, how long did it take to get to Pluto, and what is the mission of this spacecraft?
- What is the purpose of the Event Horizon Telescope? How will it complete it’s mission?