Space Exploration From the beginning of time people of wondered about space, and learning how to get there. In the past century humans have made incredible advances in technology for space exploration. Humans have been on the moon, but as time has progressed humans want to go deeper in the solar system, and expand our knowledge on space exploration. There have been many advancements in space exploration. For example, “In 1957, Russia made the first satellite vehicle” (“Top 31”). This would soon be launched into Earth’s orbit. A few years later in 1960 “the first dogs released in space, returned home from space travel” (“Top 31”). Putting a man in space has always been the main goal. This goal was accomplished when “Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarian …show more content…
“Galileo ambition pushed him to go further, and in the fall of 1609 he made the fateful decision to turn his telescope to the heavens, using his telescope to explore the universe, Galileo observed the moon and found Venus had phases like a moon.” (“Galileo Biography”). He discovered many more things like “Jupiter had revolving moons that did not revolve around Earth.”(“Galileo Biography”) “That same year, he also refined his theories of motion and falling objects and developed the universal law of acceleration which all objects in the universe obeyed.” (“Galileo …show more content…
They wanted to know information immediately. One once said “ I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and bringing him back peacefully” (“NASA history”). “Nasa would soon launch project Gemini which was built on project Mercury’s achievements, the goal was to build a spacecraft built for two people” (“NASA history”). The United States were arguably the most determined country. They wanted a better view of space so immediately “the United States launched its first Earth satellite” (“NASA history”). NASA has done incredible work in the space field, and with new space programs emerging there is great excitement for the