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History of each of NASA’s manned space flights

US SPACE TRAVEL Space Shuttle Columbia exploded on entry A TIMELINE OF MANNED NASA FLIGHTS On July 21, 2011, the last Space Shuttle flight landed, ending 50 years of manned NASA flights. The US space program began in 1961 and resulted in 166 nearly continuous missions, costing an estimated $7 billion per year. Space travel continues through international partnerships and unmanned missions, but it remains to be seen what is next for American space exploration. Apollo 17 Last time a person walked on the moon. MERCURY Mercury Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), May 5, 1961 Mercury Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7), July 24, 1961 Mercury Atlas, 6 (Friendship 7), February 20, 1962 Mercury Atlas 7 (Aurora 7), May 24, 1962 Mercury Atlas 8 (Sigma 7), October 3, 1962 Mercury Atlas 9 (Faith 7), May 15-16, 1963 Space Shuttle Atlantis 135th and last Shuttle mission GEMINI Gemini 3, March 23 , 1965 Gemini IV, June 3-7, 1965 Gemini V, August 21-29, 1965 Gemini VII, December 4-18, 1965 Gemini VI, December 15-16, 1965 Gemini VIII, March 16, 1966 Gemini IX, June 3-6, 1966 Gemini X, July 18-21, 1966 Gemini XI, September 12-15, 1966 Gemini XII, November 11-15, 1966 Apollo 13 "Houston, we've had a problem here. APOLLO Apollo 7, October 11-22, 1968 Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968 Apollo 9, March 3-13, 1969 Apollo 10, May 18-26, 1969 Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969 Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969 Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970 Apollo 14, January 31-February 9, 1971 Apollo 15, July 26-August 7, 1971 Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972 Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972 1961 Apollo 11 First landing on the moon: "One giant leap for mankind" Apollo 1 Fire broke out on the launch pad SKYLAB Orbited the Earth from 1973 to 1979 Skylab 2, May 25-June 22, 1973 Skylab 3, July28--September 25, 1973 Skylab 4, November 16, 1973-February 8, 1974 (at 84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes, and 31 seconds, Skylab 4 remains the longest US space flight to date) The empty Skylab spacecraft returned to Earth on July 11, 1979, scattering debris over the Indian Ocean and the sparsely settled region of Western Australia. 80 APOLLO/SOYUZ TEST PROJECT The first international partnership in space. SPACE SHUTTLE s Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour 1981: STS-1, STS-2/1982: STS 3, STS-4, STS-5/1983: STS-6, STS-7, STS-8, STS-9/1984: STS-41B, STS-41C, STS-41D, STS-41G, STS-51A/1985: STS-51C, STS-51D, STS-51B, STS-51G, STS-51F, STS-51, STS 51J, STS 61A, STS 61B/1986: STS 61C, STS-51L1988: STS 26, STS-27/1989: STS-29, STS-30, STS-28, STS-34, STS-33/1990: STS-32, STS-36, STS-31, STS-41, STS-38, STS-35/1991: STS-37, STS-39, STS-40, STS-43, STS-48, STS-44/1992: STS-42, STS-45, STS-49, STS 50, STS 46, STS-47, STS-52, STS-53/1993: STS 54, STS-56, STS-55, STS-57, STS 51, STS-58, STS 61/1994: STS 60, STS 62, STS-59, STS-65, STS-64, STS-68, STS-66/1995: STS-63, STS-67, STS-71, STS-70, STS-69, STS-73, STS-74/1996: STS-72, STS-75, STS-76, STS-77, STS-78, STS-79, STS-80/1997: STS-81, STS-82, STS-83, STS-84, STS 94, STS-85, STS-86, STS-87/1998: STS-89, STS-90, STS-91, STS-95, STS-88/1999: STS-96, STS-93, STS-103/2000: STS-99, STS-101, STS-106, STS-92, STS-97/2001: STS-98, STS-102, STS-100, STS-104, STS-105, STS-108/2002: STS-109, STS-110, STS-111, STS-112, STS-113/2003: STS-107/2005: STS-114/2006: STS-121, STS-115 , STS-116/2007: STS-117, STS-118, STS-120/2008: STS-122, STS-123 , STS-124, STS-126/2009: STS-119, STS-125 , STS-127, STS-128, STS-129/2010: STS-130, STS-131, STS-132/2011: STS-133, STS-134, STS-135 iili| Space Shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff Mercury Gemini Apollo Skylab Apollo/Soyuz Test Project Space Shuttle SOURCES www.nasa.gov: www.windows2universe.org/space_missions/manned table.html; www.rocketmime.com/space/timeline.html; www.freakonomica.com/2008/01/11/is-space exploration worth- the cost-a-freakonomics-quorum/

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History of each of NASA’s manned space flights. You can see the advance of space vehicle technology as it proceeds from: Project Mercury (1959 - 1963) Project Gemini (1962 - 1966) Apollo Program (1...

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