1. Before Shuttles _______________ All space flights were made with a single use craft _______________ Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarian 1 st human to orbit earth _______________ US. Alan Shepard went into space but not into orbit 1960-1970’s April 1961 May 1961 At this point U.S. Seems to be losing the Cold War and Space Race

2. More Before Shuttles _______________ John Glenn orbited the Earth. ___________________ Apollo 11 landed on Moon, Neil Armstrong 1 st to walk on moon. __________________ NASA decided to build a reusable spacecraft. Space flight was very expensive. Feb 1962 July 1969 Late 1970’s

3. Shuttles: ___________ reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like a plane 1 St Shuttle launch was in 1982 A space shuttle