NAVIGATION CONTACT BRIEF HISTORY SPACE EXPLORATION ORBIT HUMANS THE CHINESE ROCKETS MILITARY CENTURIES HALF THE 20TH CENTURY DEVELOPED POWERFUL ENOUGH THE FORCE GRAVITY REACH ORBITAL VELOCITIES OPEN SPACE HUMAN PRACTICAL WORK ROCKET ENGINES SIMULTANEOUSLY THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN RUSSIA KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKI THE UNITED ROBERT GODDARD HERMANN OBERTH 1940S NAZI GERMANY SAW THE POSSIBILITIES IN WORLD WAR LONDON ATTACKED ARCHED MILES HIGH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL MILES PER HOUR WORLD WAR THE UNITED STATES THE SOVIET UNION MISSILE THE SOVIETS LAUNCHED FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE SPUTNIK YEARS LATER RUSSIAN YURI GAGARIN THE FIRST HUMAN ORBIT EARTH VOSTOK FLIGHT LASTED REACHED ALTITUDE KILOMETERS EXPLORER ALAN SHEPARD FIRST AMERICAN TO FLY HISTORIC LANDING MAN ON THE MOON RETURNING EARTH DECADE NATIONAL GOAL PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG GIANT STEP MANKIND ONTO APOLLO MISSIONS EXPLORE THE MOON 1960S UNMANNED SPACECRAFT PHOTOGRAPHED EVER 1970S ORBITING COMMUNICATIONS NAVIGATION SATELLITES EVERYDAY USE MARINER SPACECRAFT THE SURFACE THE END THE DECADE VOYAGER SPACECRAFT SENT IMAGES JUPITER AMERICAS SPACE HIGHLIGHT AS WAS THE APOLLO SOYUZ THE WORLDS FIRST INTERNATIONALLY SPACE MISSION 1980S SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS CARRY TELEVISION PEOPLE ABLE PICK UP THE SATELLITE SIGNALS DISH SATELLITES DISCOVERED OZONE HOLE FOREST GAVE PHOTOGRAPHS NUCLEAR DISASTER CHERNOBYL IN 1986 STARS VIEW THE CENTER OUR GALAXY SPACE SHUTTLE APRIL 1981 THE LAUNCH THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA PERIOD RELIANCE REUSABLE SHUTTLE CIVILIAN SPACE MISSIONS SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS THE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER KILLING CREW THE CHALLENGER TRAGEDY WAS TO CERTAIN SUITABLE LAUNCH SYSTEM AVAILABLE SCHEDULED TODAY LAUNCH METHOD LAUNCH FACILITY DESIGNING SATELLITE SYSTEMS THE GULF WAR PROVED VALUE MODERN ALLIED FORCES CONTROL THE HIGH GROUND USED TO INFORMATION ENEMY TROOP WARNING DESERT ADVANTAGES THE COALITION QUICKLY THE WAR CONCLUSION SAVING SPACE SYSTEMS CONTINUE INTEGRAL HOMELAND DEFENSE WEATHER SURVEILLANCE REMOTE SENSING FIRES INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RESEARCH LABORATORY LOW EARTH ORBIT PARTNERS DESIGN LABORATORY SYMBOL COOPERATION COMPETITORS WILL LIKELY CARRY OUT PARTICULARLY COLUMBIA DISASTER THE NEED STEP UP DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE SPACE LAUNCH REDUCE COSTS IMPROVE DEPENDABILITY IN THE MEANTIME SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES FAMILY EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES VARIETY NATIONS STRONG COMPETITION THE COMMERCIAL MARKET DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEM ENDOWMENT FUND MESSAGE WANDA AUSTIN WANDA AUSTIN BIOGRAPHY SCHOLARSHIP HERNDON SCIENCE COMPETITION EAST COAST SCIENCE ESSAY WEST COAST GUIDE PATHS SYSTEM CHALLENGE ROCKET LIQUID SOLID SOLID PROPELLANTS THRUST ENERGY PROBLEMS CAREERS AEROSPACE GLOSSARY CUSTOMER PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES INSTITUTE TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS EL SEGUNDO ABOUT US WHAT WE DO WHO WE ARE SERVE CERTIFICATION MISSION ASSURANCE SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ACQUISITION PROCESS IMPLEMENTATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER EXPERTS CURRENT OPENINGS BENEFITS COLLEGE STUDENTS EMPLOYEES PUBLICATIONS CROSSLINK MAGAZINE BOOKS GETTING IT RIGHT LABS BROCHURE PROFESSIONAL PAPERS EDUCATION THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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