April, 1981 First Reusable Shuttle October, 1958 Let’s Begin 1960 TRIOS Program October, 1958 Project Mercury July, 1969 Apollo Mission 11 January, 1962 Project Gemini

So We Begin… Established by Mr. Eisenhower – In response to Soviet Union launching the first artificial satellite To perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics Dr. T. Keith Glennanas- first administrator Dr. Hugh L. Dryden- deputy administrator

Project Mercury First national manned space flight project – Object: Get men on the moon Goals: – Orit a manned spacecraft around Earth – Investigate man’s ability to function in space – Recover man and spacecraft safely Lasted 5 years 7 astronauts 6 missions (May 1961-May 1963) Project Mercury Launch

TRIOS Program Television Infrared Observation Satellite Beginning of modern satellite weather technology First attempt to get satellites to help researchers better understand earth First step to space based meteorology Weather Satellite

Project Gemini Second national manned space program 2 man crew 12 flights – Including 2 unmanned flight test of equipment Goals: – Subject man/equipment to space flight up to two weeks – To meet with orbiting vehicles – The perfect methods of entering the atmosphere and landing at a pre-selected place The third goal was not met- project was cancelled in 1964

Apollo Mission 11 Primary objective – Goal set by President John F. Kennedy – Perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Flight objectives: – Scientific exploration by the lunar module, or LM, crew – Deployment of a television camera to transmit signals to Earth – Deployment of a solar wind composition experiment Crew Neil Armstrong Commander Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. Lunar Module Pilot Michael Collins Command Module Pilot Backup Crew James A. Lovell Commander Fred W. Haise Jr. Lunar Module Pilot William A. Anders Command Module Pilot Interactive Moon

To Infinity…And Beyond! Nation’s first reusable space shuttle launched – “Bright, white” Columbia Named after the first American ocean vessel to circle the globe The heaviest of NASA's orbiters – Columbia weighed too much and lacked the necessary equipment to assist with assembly of the International Space Station Interactive Space

WORKS CITED NASA. Brian Dunbar, 24 Feb Web. 19 Feb About.com. The New York Times Company, Nov Web. 22 Feb Kennedy Space Center. Kay Grinter, 26 Aug Web. 20 Jan