4/16 & 4/17- 8 th Grade Agenda Learning Objective: Learn about history of space flight Collect HW: Reading & Notetaking p.227 – 228 Passback Grade HW, Test & Grade Printout Video: When we left Earth Textbook Reading: p HW: Reading & Notetaking p.230– 231 HW: Signed Grade Printout

Daily Reflection Prompt: Write 3 facts about the space program.

Apollo 11 landed on the moon in July 1969

Apollo 13 explosion nearlly killed all the astronauts

Apollo Buggy was included in Apollo 15, 16, 17 (1971, 1972)

History of Manned Space Flight We have not been back to the moon since 1972 First Shuttle flight was in 1981 After 2 Shuttles were lost, the Space Shuttles were retired in 2011 International Space Station has been in operation since 1998

Space Shuttle Columbia and Challeger disasters Challenger Disaster 1986 Columbia Disaster 2003

Future of Manned Space Flight Orion Spacecraft is scheduled for launch in 2022 For $200,000 you can get a suborbital (68 miles high) flight from Spaceship 2.

Interesting facts about Manned Space flight Man has not gone to the moon since Man has not traveled past the moon. 2% of space launches have killed people 5% of Astronauts have killed in space launches.

History of Unmanned Space Probes Pioneer 10 & 11 launched in 1973 has visited Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 1 & 2 launched in 1977 has visited, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune and it is the space probe that is furthest away from space. It will take 40,000 years before Voyager 1 reaches within 1.6 light year of another star

History of Unmanned Space Probes Viking landed on Mar in 1976 Since then, Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity has landed successfully on Mars 6 other Landers have crashed on Mars

How does GPS work? 3 Global Positioning Satellite is required to triangulate your position using electromagnetic waves