1. Notes Science SPI 0807.T/E.2 Eng Design Process
Tennessee Science SPI Standard: (0807.T/E.2)
Evaluate a protocol to determine if the engineering design process was successfully applied.
Tennessee US History Standard: (US.73)
Describe the competition between the two “superpowers” of the United States and the Soviet Union in the areas of arms development, economic dominance, and ideology…
Tennessee US History Standard: (US.104)
Evaluate technological and scientific advances, including the work of significant innovators…in the fields of medicine, transportation, communication…
Tennessee US History (former) Standard: (US.88)
Describe President Kennedy’s…program to propel the United States to superiority in the Space Race

2. History/Science of Space Exploration
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History/Science of Space Exploration
(A) Early rocket technology
(B) Space Race between U.S.A and the U.S.S.R.
(C) Apollo program and the moon landings
(D) Space Station(s)
(E) Space Shuttle
(F) Robotic exploration

3. Video Link: Newton's Third Law of Motion
Space Exploration
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Rocket Technology
Fact: Aircraft with jet engines or propellers CANNOT
travel in space because there is no air!
Fact: Rockets can travel in space because they
do not require air to move (Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion)
Fact: Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion states this:
For every action (force), there is an equal and opposite
action (force).
This law describes how the chemical reaction exhaust
from the end of a rocket moves the rocket forward.
Video Link: Newton's Third Law of Motion

4. Primitive Rocket Technology
Space Exploration
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Primitive Rocket Technology
(China-around 1232 B.C.)

5. Primitive Rocket Technology (Dr. Robert Goddard-around 1920)
Space Exploration
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Primitive Rocket Technology
(Dr. Robert Goddard-around 1920)

6. Modern Rocket Technology
Space Exploration
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Modern Rocket Technology
(Germany-1943)

7. Space Race:
USA vs. USSR
Fact: USA and USSR (Russia) fought together against
Nazi Germany during WWII.
Fact: USA and USSR both captured German rocket
scientists and equipment near the end of WWII.
V-1 Rocket
V-2 Rocket
Fact: After WW II , the US and USSR (Russia) competed
against each other with bigger/more powerful rockets

8. Video Link: President Kennedy-Why go to the moon?
Fact: Under president Eisenhower on July 29, 1958 congress
created N.A.S.A.
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Fact: Russia (USSR) placed the very first satellite in orbit
(Sputnik-1957) and they were first to put a man in orbit (1961).
Sputnik Satellite
Fact: To catch up with Russia, in 1961 president Kennedy
committed the United States to landing a man on the moon.
Video Link: President Kennedy-Why go to the moon?

9. USSR (Russian) Rocket (Vostock)
Space Race: USA vs. USSR
USSR (Russian) Rocket (Vostock)

10. Space Race: USA vs. USSR
USA Rocket (Saturn 5)

11. Moon landing: Eagle Spacecraft USA won the race to the moon in 1969
Apollo Program

12. Mir Space Station (Russia: 1986-1998)
Space Stations
Fact: After the moon race was over, both the USA and
USSR focused on orbital space stations.
Mir Space Station (Russia: )

13. Skylab Space Station (USA: 1973-1974)
Space Stations
Fact: After the moon race was over, both the USA and
USSR focused on orbital space stations
Skylab Space Station (USA: )

14. International Space Station (I.S.S.-1998 to Present)
Space Stations
Fact: Now Russia and the United States are working
together in an international space station.
International Space Station (I.S.S to Present)

15. Space Shuttles
Fact: Both Russia and the United States developed reusable
spacecraft called space shuttles
1st US Space Shuttle
Enterprise-1976
Russian Space Shuttle
Buran-1988

16. First spacecraft to leave our solar system
Robotic Exploration
Fact: Since 1977 robots have often been used instead of
humans for dangerous and/or tedious missions .
Voyager 1:
First spacecraft to leave our solar system

17. Spirit and Opportunity Rovers
Robotic Exploration
Fact: Since 1977 robots have often been used instead of
humans for dangerous and/or tedious missions .
Spirit and Opportunity Rovers
Used to explore Mars

18. Still active on Mars today
Robotic Exploration
Fact: Since 1977 robots have often been used instead of
humans for dangerous and/or tedious missions .
Curiosity Rover
Still active on Mars today

19. Enrichment: Watch a Brainpop video about spaceflight
Space Exploration
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Enrichment: Watch a Brainpop video about spaceflight
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