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RACE TO SPACE Lynne H. Hehr Center for Mathematics and Science Education Arkansas NASA Educator Resource Center University of Arkansas, Fayetteville All it took was. . . • a little tissue paper. . . • a little glue. . . • and. . . . . . a lot of WANT TO! Man With Wings ? Kites 202 BC Flight by Parachute Ornithopter 1490 Montgolfier Balloon 1783 First US Hot Air Balloon Flight 1793 Balloons In Civil War 1860s The First Glider: “Boy Carrier” 1849 Civil War Balloons First “clear” Aerial Image 1860 First Human Glider 1891 Birds Eye View 1903 Are we there yet? Wright Brothers Take Off 1903 First Open Cockpit Photographs World War I World War I 1914 Goddard Rocket 1926 Trans-Atlantic Flight 1927 Second Trans-Atlantic Flight 1932 First High Altitude Balloon 1936 1977 Commercial Airplanes First U2 Spy Plane 1955 Balloon Facts • 1960 – world high altitude parachute jump • 1988 – solo world record of greatest height ever • 1999 – first around the world flight Balloon Uses Today • Study astronomy, magnetic fields, cosmic dust, biology • Warfare • Logging operations – for hauling logs • Fun and Sports • Weather forecasting • War against drug traffic Balloon Research Sputnik 1957 First Space Probe 1959 First US Weather Satellite 1960 Saturn Rocket 1961 Mercury 1961 Mercury 1962 Gemini First Space Walk 1965 What would you be feeling? Apollo 1969 Skylab 1973 Apollo-Soyuz 1975 First Shuttle Mission 1981 Shuttle EVA First Hubble Telescope Launch 1990 International Space Station 2001 & beyond Where do YOU want to go? ?