History of Space Travel & What we Can Expect in The Future
November 27, 2010 - Posted in Adventure Travel
Man has conquered the forces of nature of science and spirit of the age. Space travel or a trip to the moon no longer a dream. Throughout human fondest dream was to see how life develops on planets like the moon and vein Mars. Space travel became a reality in 1957 when the Russians sent into space satellites. The satellite was shot into space by a rocket which provided the initial velocity of 8,000 meters per second. The satellite was called Sputnik, and has traveled around the Earth. Note that there was no life in this first spacecraft, while the second had a dog named Laika.
The third satellite was shot into space 15 May 1959. Was larger in size and weight, not to mention it was faster, with lots of features such as solar batteries and the radio transmitter. Russians may be recognized as the first in space.
But Americans were not far behind in this area. Its scientists, engineers and administrators have worked tirelessly to design, construction and testing of rockets and space shuttles. It was David R. Scott, who became the first person who landed on the moon and stayed there for 67 hours. The date was July 21, 1969, when he and the other two astronauts landed on the moon. The name of the spacecraft Endeavour, which took twelve rounds in the orbit of the moon before we entered. It took nearly two hours to move around the orbit of the Moon by the lunar module. A total of 87 hours spent on this adventure. During the journey, the experience of being in a wild and barren land said that it is the only living souls on the moon. Another interesting thing was experienced weightlessness. The moon is surrounded by hills and streams everywhere. There was no wind and the air is absent.
After these initial tests, there were other and more successful. Space travel has opened enormous opportunities for the conquest of nature by man. It shows that man can know much more about the state of other planets like Mars and vein, a space scientist working on the possibility of life on other planets. Space travel has given rise to technologies such as weather forecasts and various communication technologies.