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I made this video on the topic 'Science and Technology' for an international IT Competition . Please anyone give some feedback .
Samarth
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Summative Assessment Task
UNIT OF INQUIRY
Trans Disciplinary Theme - Where we are in Place and Time
STRAND
The Discoveries , Exploration and Migration of Human Kind
TOPIC
Moon Missions , Space Organisations and facts on astronauts and Their Achievements
- Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans on Earth to set foot on the moon
- The moon is the only natural satellite for Earth
- Rakesh Sharma was the first man from India to go to space
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Neil Armstrong |
- India's Space Organisation is ISRO ( Indian Space Research Organisation )
- USA's Space Organisation is NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration )
- Neil Armstrong traveled in space and his missions were Apollo 11 and Gemini 8
- Yuri Gagarin was the first man ( cosmonaut ) ever to travel in space
- He was a Russian cosmonaut
- In space there are many space stations such as International Space Station , Skylab and Tiangong
Name | Entity | Program | Crew size | Launched | Reentered | Days in orbit | Days occupied | Total crew and visitors | Number of manned visits | Number of unmanned visits | Mass | Pressurized volume |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salyut 1 | DOS[6] | 3[7] | 19 April 1971[8] | 11 October 1971[9] | 175 | 24[10] | 6[11] | 2[11] | 0[11] | 18,425 kg (40,620 lb)[8] | 100 m3(3,500 cu ft)[12] | |
DOS-2 | DOS[13] | —[a] | 29 July 1972[8][14] | 29 July 1972 (failed to reach orbit) | — | — | — | — | — | 18,000 kg (40,000 lb)[15] | — | |
Salyut 2 | Almaz[14] | —[a] | 3 April 1973[14] | 16 April 1973[14] | 13[14] | — | — | — | — | 18,500 kg (41,000 lb)[16] | — | |
Kosmos 557 | DOS[17] | —[a] | 11 May 1973[18] | 22 May 1973[19] | 11 | — | — | — | — | 19,400 kg (43,000 lb)[15] | — | |
Skylab | Skylab[20] | 3[21] | 14 May 1973[22] | 11 July 1979[23] | 2249 | 171[24] | 9[25] | 3[26] | 0[27] | 77,088 kg (169,950 lb)[28] | 360 m3(12,700 cu ft)[29] | |
Salyut 3 | Almaz[6] | 2[30] | 25 May 1974[31] | 24 January 1975[32] | 213 | 15[33] | 2[33] | 1[33] | 0 | 18,900 kg (42,000 lb) (at launch)[34] | 90 m3(3,200 cu ft)[17] | |
Salyut 4 | DOS[35] | 2[36] | 26 December 1974[37] | 3 February 1977[37] | 770[37] | 92[38] | 4[38] | 2[38][39] | 1[38] | 18,900 kg (42,000 lb)[17] (at launch) | 90 m3(3,200 cu ft)[17] | |
Salyut 5 | Almaz[35] | 2[40] | 22 June 1976[41] | 8 August 1977[42] | 412 | 67[43] | 4[43] | 3[43] | 0[43] | 19,000 kg (42,000 lb)[17] (at launch) | 100 m3(3,500 cu ft)[17] | |
Salyut 6 | DOS[35] | 2[44] | 29 September 1977[44] | 29 July 1982[45] | 1764 | 683[46] | 33[46] | 16[46] | 14[46] | 9,000 kg (20,000 lb)[47] | 90 m3(3,200 cu ft)[48] | |
Salyut 7 | DOS[35] | 3[49] | 19 April 1982[50] | 7 February 1991[50] | 3216[50] | 861[49] | 22[49] | 10[49] | 15[49] | 19,000 kg (42,000 lb)[51] | 90 m3(3,200 cu ft)[17] | |
Mir |
| DOS[52] | 3[53] | 19 February 1986[54][b] | 23 March 2001[23][54] | 5511[54] | 4594[55] | 125[55] | 39[56] | 68[55] | 129,700 kg (286,000 lb)[57] | 350 m3(12,400 cu ft)[58] |
- Chinese astronauts are called taikonauts
- Some moon missions are Luna 17 , Luna 21 , Surveyor 3 , Surveyor 1 , Apollo 16 , Apollo 11 , Luna 24 etc
- Some rockets are Saturn V , N1 etc
- Some astronauts who walked on the moon
- Neil Armstrong
- Buzz Aldrin
- John Glen
- Donald Slayton
- Alan Shepard jr
- Edward White
- James McDivitt
- Frank Borman
- John Young
- Sunita Williams , Rakesh Sharma and Kalpana Chawla went to a space station from India
- Neil Armstrong had won the Presidential Medal of Freedom , Congressional Gold Medal , Congressional Space Medal of Honor , Collier Trophy , Sylvanus Thayer Award , Langley Gold Medal , British Academy Television Award for Best Foreign Television Programme
- Space Stations are stations where one can refuel , rest and repair
- Reaching a space station is also a very big achievement because a space station is not very close to the Earth
INTERESTING NEWS
- A space hotel has got built in space
- One can now take private space flights , but it is very expensive
- In humanity's worst solar flare the sun turned blue
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WIKIPEDIA and SPACE
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