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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Some Spacecrafts and Space Missions

A replica of USSR Sputnik I spacecraft
Ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sputnik_asm.jpg

The first artificial satellite to be put into the Earth's orbit .A technology
driven spacecraft, developed by the Soviet Union and launched on the 
4 October 1957, with purpose to carry out atmospheric studies.

USA satellite Explorer I
Ref : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Explorer1.jpg
 First American Earth satellite. Was launched 31 January 1958 
and was the first satellite to detect the Van Allen radiation belt.
Apollo II lunar mdule: Eagle
Ref : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle, in a landing configuration. The crew in 
the module was made up of Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Lunar Module 
Pilot Buzz Aldrin.

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