1. The WeWantOurFuture.org Initiative

2. Exploration? Does anyone here like to explore?

3. Humans have been exploring since the beginning of time…

4. Christopher Columbus - 1492

5. Lewis and Clark - 1803

6. Apollo July 20 th, 1969 Only 12 Humans have walked on the Moon

7. Space Shuttle – first launch 1981

8. International Space Station – began 1998

9. Want to go?

10. You can! Private Astronauts Private Space Station

11. Where we’ve been The Moon

12. One of Our Old Landing Sites

13. Our Next Landing Site? Planet Mars…?

14. Robotic Explorers Are on Mars already

15. Others are further from Home The Cassini satellite took this picture

16. Furthest from home The Voyager spacecraft has left the Solar System! Voyager was this far away in 1990!

17. What’s next? It’s up to you! Where should we explore? How will we get there?

18. Dream Big! Never give up! Ask for help!

19. VS What are YOU going to do with that power? This computer sent us to the Moon Your phone is smart enough to do this too

20. The future is whatever YOU want it to be!! Work hard, study hard, and nothing is impossible! The WeWantOurFuture.org Initiative

21. Yuri Gagarin 1 st Man in Space! April 12, 1961 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Vostok1 mission

22. Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 April 12, 1981

23. Yuri’s Night – April 12 Worldwide celebration of first human in space and first Space Shuttle launch Postcard contest