MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP The History of Flight by Brian Katz

The Ancient Ones n Ancient Greeks And Romans Pictured Many Of Their Gods With Wings –Pegasus - The Horse Who Flew Through The Skies –Daedalus and Icarus - The Father And Son Who Escaped Prison With Wings Made Of Wax

Wan Hu n A Man In Ancient China Fastened A Bundle Of Firecrackers To His Chair In An Attempt To Launch Into Space –Wan Hu Was Never Seen Again

Montgolfier Brothers n First People To Go Up Into The Air Were The Montgolfier Brothers From France –4 June 1783 Hot Air Balloon Took Off From Annonay, France n Rose To A Height Of 1000 meters And Went A Distance Of 2 Kilometers –21 November 1783 They Flew Over Paris In A Flight That Lasted 25 Minutes And An Altitude Of 3000 ft Before Landing 5 Miles Away

War Time n Chinese Repelled Monguls With Rockets –1200s s n British Military –1700s - present

First Powered Flight n December 17, 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright Of Dayton, Ohio Were Successful In Flying A Heavier Than Air Machine That Took Off With Its Own Power, Remained Under Control And Sustained Flight –Distance: 120 feet –Time Of Flight: 12 seconds

The Secret Is Out n May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh Goes From NY To Paris In 33 Hours 30 Minutes n 1932 Amelia Earhart n World War I and II

Sound Barrier Is Broken n October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager Flew The X-1 And Broke The Sound Barrier (700 mph)

October Sky n October 4, 1957 Soviet Union Successfully Launches Sputnik I –The World’s First Satellite; The Size Of A Basketball Weighing 183 lb n November 3, 1957 Soviet Union Successfully Launches Sputnik II –Dog Named Laika (7 Days In Space)

Man Enters Space n Soviet Union Puts Yuri Gagarin Into Space (12 April 1961) –First Man To Enter Space (108 minutes)

Kennedy’s Challenge n “I Believe that before the end of this decade, the US will put a man on the moon and return him safely back to the earth”

NASA Goes To Work n January 31, 1958 US Army Launches Explorer I And Puts First American Satellite Into Orbit n NASA IS Born October 1958

Project Mercury 1 Man Vehicle n May 5, 1961 Alan B. Shepard Jr. Becomes First American In Space (15 hours, 22 minutes) n Feb 20, 1962 John Glen Becomes First American To Orbit The Earth (3 Orbits, 4 hours, 55 hours, 23 minutes) n A Total Of 6 Mercury Launches From 1961 Thru 1963

Project Gemini 2 Man Vehicle n 10 Gemini Missions 1965 Thru 1966 –Flight Times Ranging From 4 hours To 330 hours

The Eagle Has Landed n July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 Crew Leaves Cape Canaveral n July 20, 1969 The Lunar Module “Eagle” Lands On Moon –“ That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” –Neil Armstrong

Lunar Suface

Space Adventures n SkyLab 1973 n Apollo - Soyuz 1975

The Reuseable Space Vehicle n April 12, 1981 Space Shuttle Columbia Leaves Cape Canaveral 113 Launches Columbia Challenger Atlantis Discovery Endeavour

Tomorrow n Space Planes For Quicker Travel Between Countries n Space Tourism n Planetary Exploration (Manned and Unmanned) n Advanced Propulsion Systems