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History and future of space travel. NewSpace terminology and Private future space travel.

Aerospace meaning, history and future .Space exploration meaning history and future.

time line of private spaceflight
To travel into the unknown of space is a dream for so many children and adults alike, although one that very few will ever reach.

Throughout time so many countries, and now private companies, across the world have tried to create a method of getting in amongst the stars.

It’s even united countries that previously had such strong conflict.

Here we’re going to go through a timeline of the significant moments in the history of space travel, starting way back in the 1940s.

1942
In 1942 the German V2 rocket, designed by Wernher Von Braun, was the first to reach 100km (62 miles) from the Earth’s surface.

Also known as the boundary of space.

Braun later worked with NASA on the rockets that went to the moon.

On July 30, 2020, at 11:50 UTC NASA launched their Mars Rover which was the largest of four missions to Mars in 2020.

Without a doubt, this mission plans to be the most fruitful with the craft equipped with state-of-the-art modern technology and engineering capable of truly exploring the martian land like never before!

The Mars Rover’s mission among other things is to see if the red planet has ever accommodated extra-terrestrial life by exploring any signs of habitable conditions both in the past and present.

In 1947, the first animals went into space. Fruit flies were used to study the effects of space travel on animals as they’re very similar to humans.

The flies traveled with a supply of corn to eat on the flight.

1949
Albert II was the first monkey in space.

Albert II was a Rhesus monkey and boldly went where no primate had been before on June 14, 1949, in a specially adapted US V2 rocket, that flew 83 miles from Earth.

1957
On October 4, 1957, Russia launched the first space satellite (or sputnik in Russian) named Sputnik 1.

Sputnik 1 was the first satellite in orbit around the earth.

In November the same year, Laika the Russian dog became the first animal to orbit the earth. Laika is Russian for “Barker”.

She traveled in Sputnik 2 and helped understand whether people could survive in space.

1959
By 1959 Both US and Russian scientists were in a race to get a craft to the Moon; the Russians won.

Space-probe Luna 2 crash-landed into the moon at fatal speeds.

Ten years later, the first human visited the surface.

1961
On April 12, 1961, Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.

Traveling in Vostok 1 he completed one orbit of the earth, landing about two hours after launch.

Gagarin had to eject and use a parachute to land as the craft was designed to crash land.

1962
John Glenn became the first US man to orbit the Earth aboard the Friendship 7.

John actually chose this name; officially the craft is called the Mercury-Atlas 6, for the mission Mercury and it being the 6th flight to use the faster Atlas rocket.

1963
Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut, became the first woman in space.

After her mission, she had a crater on the far side of the Moon is named after her.

1966
In 1963 John F. Kennedy promised that by 1970 the US would have put men on the moon.

NASA firstly sent a robot spaceship called Surveyor 1, to make sure they could safely land.

It reached the moon on May 30, 1966, just after the Russian probe Luna 9.

Once Surveyor 1 landed it took photographs and sent them back to eagerly awaiting scientists who used them to visualize the terrain and work out a plan to land people on the moon safely.

1966
In 1963 John F. Kennedy promised that by 1970 the US would have put men on the moon.

NASA firstly sent a robot spaceship called Surveyor 1, to make sure they could safely land.

It reached the moon on May 30, 1966, just after the Russian probe Luna 9.

Once Surveyor 1 landed it took photographs and sent them back to eagerly awaiting scientists who used them to visualize the terrain and work out a plan to land people on the moon safely.

1971
This saw the first use of the Lunar Rover, an electric vehicle with a top speed of 8 mph (13 kph), to explore the moon on the fourth, fifth and sixth Apollo missions.

Space travel has for so many people mesmerized them from a very young age,

Space travel has for so many people mesmerized them from a very young age, myself included, and as this list has shown, there is always something new to discover!

We have barely scratched the surface, and yet every year we learn or launch something new with the dream of reaching some unknown bit of the universe.

To travel to the furthest edge man can reach will always be the aim.

To unearth the secrets hidden, to find life or anything that’s interesting and bewildering drives some of the best minds in the world every day.

Mr. Trump on Thursday signed a space policy directive aimed at boosting America exploration of space by streamlining regulations on commercial space activity.

Private space exploration has bypassed NASA since it created its own inertia after the Apollo program concluded in 1972 without its laser focus on manned space travel under direction from a clearly defined central authority controlling most space agencies worldwide.

On September 15, a crew of two will fly to space on Inspiration4, representing people who have previously been excluded from spaceflight.

mission:

Rediscover Earth

At Earth look, we're take off more than a spaceship. We're elevating joy and look upon of a well known planet for centuries to come. By travel space tourism more achievable for as many people as chance, we can help inspire renewed esteem for the planet we all share.

start from one of the world’s wonders. End in wonder at the world.

Choose your journey from one of our spaceports at the most amazing places on Earth. Immerse yourself in these coolest places before not fast rising to 100,000 feet and get whole new perspective of our planet.


 * Amazonia, Brazil
 * Aurora Borealis, Norway
 * Giza Pyramids, Egypt
 * Grand Canyon, USA
 * Great Barrier Reef, Australia
 * Great Wall of China, Mongolia
 * Serengeti, Kenya

A post worthing 6–12-hour voyage.

When you go to the edge of outer space, you’ll spend several hours in the stratosphere seeing in every amazing sight, with luxurious, ergonomic seating, large viewing windows, and a spacious cabin to move around during your journey, you'll feel like rounded to with family.

==== The International Space Station is a large spacecraft. It orbits around Earth. It is a home where astronauts live. The space station is also a science lab. Many countries worked together to build it. They also work together to use it. The space station is made of many pieces. The pieces were put together in space by astronauts. The space station's orbit is approximately 250 miles above Earth. NASA uses the station to learn about living and working in space. These lessons will help NASA explore space. ====

====     The first piece of the International Space Station was launched in 1998. A Russian rocket launched that piece. After that, more pieces were added. Two years later, the station was ready for people. The first crew arrived on November 2, 2000. People have lived on the space station ever since. Over time more pieces have been added. NASA and its partners around the world finished the space station in 2011. ====

How Big Is the Space Station?
==== The space station is as big inside as a house with five bedrooms. It has two bathrooms, a gymnasium and a big bay window. Six people are able to live there. It weighs almost a million pounds. It is big enough to cover a football field including the end zones. It has science labs from the United States, Russia, Japan and Europe. ====

What Are the Parts of the Space Station?
==== The space station has many parts. The parts are called modules. The first modules had parts needed to make the space station work. Astronauts also lived in those modules. Modules called "nodes" connect parts of the station to each other. Labs on the space station let astronauts do research. ====

==== On the sides of the space station are solar arrays. These arrays collect energy from the sun. They turn sunlight into electricity. Robot arms are attached outside. The robot arms helped to build the space station. They also can move astronauts around outside and control science experiments. ====

Airlocks on the space station are like doors. Astronauts use them to go outside on spacewalks.
==== Docking ports are like doors, too. The ports allow visiting spacecraft to connect to the space station. New crews and visitors enter the station through the docking ports. Astronauts fly to the space station on the Russian Soyuz. The crew members use the ports to move supplies onto the station. ====

Scientists study what happens to people when they live in space. NASA has learned how to keep a spacecraft working for a long time. These lessons will be important in the future.
==== NASA has a plan to send humans deeper into space than ever before. The space station is one of the first steps. NASA will use lessons from the space station to get astronauts ready for the journey ahead. ==== To go to Mars And beyond From Trump.



Private future space travel

To plan your own trip to The moon And what you do?

Space X. Next mission? Is it is in 2024 or 2028

Virgin Galactic delays next crewed space launch to 2022. The company had been aiming to launch its Unity 23 mission this fall. An up-close look at VSS Unity's rocket motor in action during the.

SPARKS, Nev. (April 02, 2022) Sierra Nevada Corporation announced the launch of the first of its aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance jet platform, RAPCON-X, today.

The company’s next launch in 2021 will be two stand-alone habitable modules which Bigelow says are in the final stages of fabrication


 * The March 23, 2022, launch will be the fourth mission with people on board for Blue Origin and the 20 th flight of the New Shepard rocket
 * April 23: Angara 1.2/MKA-R delayed April 22: Electron/”There And Back Again” delayed; Adding time for Long March 11H/Jilin 1 Gaofen 03D & Jilin 1 Gaofen 04A; Falcon 9/Crew 4 delayed; Adding dates for Falcon 9/Starlink 4-16, Falcon 9/Starlink 4-15, and Falcon 9/Starlink 4-17 April 21: Falcon 9/Starlink 4-14 delayed to backup opportunity; Electron/”There And Back Again” delayed; Adding date for Falcon 9/Crew 4  April 20: Adding Electron/”There And Back Again”; Falcon 9/Crew 4 delayed; Adding Angara 1.2/MKA-R; Adding Long March 11H/Jilin 1 Gaofen 03D & Jilin 1 Gaofen 04A; Adding Falcon 9/Starlink 4-16; Astra Rocket 3.3/TROPICS delayed; Falcon 9/Nilesat 301 delayed; Adding Falcon 9/Starlink 4-17; Long March 2F/Shenzhou 14 delayed; Atlas 5/CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 moved forward; Adding Falcon 9/Starlink 4-18; Falcon 9/O3b mPOWER 1, 2, 3 delayed; Adding time for Soyuz/Progress 81P; Falcon 9/WorldView Legion 1 & 2 delayed; Space Launch System/Artemis 1 delayed; Adding date for Ariane 5/MEASAT 3d & GSAT 24; Adding Falcon 9/SES 22; Adding month for Long March 5B/Wentian; Adding Long March 5B/Mengtian
 * April 15: Falcon 9/NROL-85 delayed
 * The March 23, 2022, launch will be the fourth mission with people on board for Blue Origin and the 20 th flight of the New Shepard rocket
 * travel to Mars and beyond
 * Names test pilot:Deke and Gus and Al and Gordo
 * NASA and SpaceX managers continue to plan for the departure of four commercial crew astronauts aboard the International Space Station this week. A change of command is also on tap as the 11 orbital residents transition to a seven-member crew before the end of the week. NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron,
 * Build a tin can solid enough to keep air inside and radiation out.
 * Equip that can with enough propulsion to get it where you want it.
 * Add one or more human passengers to the can. Also, sufficient air, water, food and other provisions.
 * Point it and shoot it.
 * If the trip is going to be long relative to human lifetimes, either put them in some kind of suspended animation or encourage them to reproduce in-flight.
 * Optionally, hope for the best, pray, or sacrifice a donkey, depending on spiritual outlook. All of these measures are equally effective.
 * Build a tin can solid enough to keep air inside and radiation out.
 * Equip that can with enough propulsion to get it where you want it.
 * Add one or more human passengers to the can. Also, sufficient air, water, food and other provisions.
 * Point it and shoot it.
 * If the trip is going to be long relative to human lifetimes, either put them in some kind of suspended animation or encourage them to reproduce in-flight.
 * Optionally, hope for the best, pray, or sacrifice a donkey, depending on spiritual outlook. All of these measures are equally effective.
 * Optionally, hope for the best, pray, or sacrifice a donkey, depending on spiritual outlook. All of these measures are equally effective.

NewSpace terminology

We’ve been curious about what the space community defines as “NewSpace” for quite a while. So we ran a raffle at the recent International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2018) in Bremen, Germany, where we got the opportunity to engage with the global space community through the ESA Start-Up Zone. To enter into the raffle, attendees were asked to answer one simple question:"“What does NewSpace mean to you?”" Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)

Company: SpaceX

Spaceship Name: Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket|

Founder(s): Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal

Backing: $100 million of Musk's personal fortune, $20 million more from outside investors

Location: Hawthorne, California

Launched the Business:  2002

Plans to Launch into Space: Debut launch tests in 2010, first operational flights in 2011.

Number of Passengers: 7 maximum, or fewer with a mixture of cargo and crew

spaceX has now launched five crews for NASA and two private trips in just under two years. Elon Musk's company is having an especially busy few weeks: It just finished taking three businessmen to and from the space station as NASA’s first private guests. Orbital Sciences

Company: Orbital Sciences

Spaceship Name: Cygnus and Taurus 2 rocket

Founder(s): David W. Thompson, Bruce W. Ferguson, Scott L. Webster

Backing: Publicly traded company, $1.1 billion in revenue

Location: Dulles, Virginia

Launched the Business: 1982

Plans to Launch into Space: 2011

Number of Passengers: So far, the Cygnus is purely unmanned

Orbital Sciences has a long history supporting NASA missions and projects and scientists at Ames dating back to the mid 1990's. Beginning with engineering support to the SOFIA project, they became the prime contractor on the Science and Engineering Technical Support (SETS) contract. Following SETS, Orbital joined with Lockheed Martin as the major subcontractor on the Programs and Project I(P&P) contract. As part of the P&P, Orbital supported numerous missions and scientists, including Mr. Bill Borucki and the Kepler Mission, the SOFIA project, the EXES project, and the NASA Astrobiology Institute.

Blue Origin

Company: Blue Origin

Spaceship Name: New Shepard

Founder(s): Jeff Bezos

Backing: His personal fortune as founder of Amazon.com

Location: Kent, Washington

Launched the Business: 2004

Plans to Launch into Space: Mid-2012

Number of Passengers: at least 3 astronaut

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Company: Bigelow Aerospace

Spaceship Name: Sundancer and BA-330

Founder(s): Robert Bigelow

Backing: $180 million of his personal fortune as owner of the Budget Suites of America hotel chain.

Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada

Launched the Business: 1999

Plans to Launch into Space: 2015

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Number of Passengers: Sundancer to support crews of 3, BA-330 to support 6-person crews


 * This base can accommodate four people for a long duration or six people for 120 days on the surface of the moon
 * Habitat interior volume is 330m³, not including two airlocks
 * Interior accommodations include six large crew quarters, a large amount of storage capacity, two toilets and two galleys
 * On either side of the habitat are two airlocks- each with double compartments
 * Attached to the airlocks are opposing propulsion and warehouse structures
 * One warehouse is large enough for a solar array field to handle all of the power needs
 * The second warehouse is large enough to store two full-scale, two person cabin enclosed lunar rovers

SpaceDev/Sierra Nevada Corp.

Company: SpaceDev

Spaceship Name: Dream Chaser

Founder: Jim Benson (deceased), now led by Fatih Ozmen

Backing: Sierra Nevada Corp., of Sparks, Nev.

Location: Poway, Calif.

Launched the Business: 1997

Plans to Launch into Space: Under Development

Number of passengers: 4 on suborbital flights, up to 6 for orbital flights.

On December 16, 2008, SpaceDev became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). With this acquisition, SNC has formed an integrated space technologies area called SNC Space Systems (SS) with SpaceDev, MicroSat Systems (another subsidiary of SNC), and the other SNC space operations and capabilities. This new business area will provide advanced satellite systems, propulsion systems, space vehicle systems and a wide array of subsystems and components to defense, civil government, and corporate customers.

Company: Virgin Galactic

Spaceship Name: SpaceShipTwo

Founder(s): British Billionaire Sir Richard Branson

Backing: His personal fortune as founder of Virgin Group

Location: London, England, and Spaceport, New Mexico

Launched the Business: 2004 Plans to Launch into Space: end of 2011 or early 2012

Number of Passengers: 6 passengers, 2 pilot

Aerospace meaning

comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space.

A physical science that deals with aerospace.

A physical science that deals with aerospace.

Of or relating to aerospace, to vehicles used in aerospace or the manufacture of such vehicles, or to travel in  .

History of aerospace
History of aerospace


 * Timeline of aviation
 * Timeline of space exploration
 * Discovery and exploration of the Solar System
 * Timeline of Solar System exploration
 * Wright brothers, Kittyhawk, Wright Glider
 * Vergeltungswaffe
 * V-1 flying bomb
 * V-2 rocket
 * List of V-2 test launches
 * List of V-2 launches in the United States
 * Project Vanguard
 * Sputnik, Sputnik crisis
 * Space race
 * Operation Paperclip
 * List of communications satellite firsts
 * Apollo program
 * List of Proton launches
 * List of Thor and Delta launches
 * List of R-7 launches
 * List of Falcon 1 launches
 * List of NRO Launches
 * List of Atlas launches
 * List of Long March launches
 * List of Black Brant launches
 * List of Titan launches
 * List of Ariane launches
 * List of GPS satellite launches
 * Skylab
 * History of the International Space Station
 * Origins of the International Space Station
 * Assembly of the International Space Station
 * List of ISS spacewalks
 * List of spacewalks and moonwalks
 * List of cumulative spacewalk records

United States
Vision for Space Exploration


 * Develop Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles
 * Explore the Moon with robotic spacecraft missions by 2008 and crewed missions by 2020
 * Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (planned launch for 2018)
 * Explore Mars and other destinations with robotic and crewed missions
 * Psyche (spacecraft) (planned for 2022

Space exploration meaning use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space

future

Lunar (the Moon)


 * Future lunar missions
 * Colonization of the Moon
 * Lunar outpost (NASA)

Sun


 * Sundiver (space mission)

Mercury


 * Colonization of Mercury

Venus


 * Exploration of Venus

Mars


 * Colonization of Mars
 * Human mission to Mars
 * Mars to Stay

Outer Solar System


 * Colonization of the outer Solar System
 * Colonization of Titan

Beyond the Solar System


 * Interstellar travel
 * Nuclear rocket
 * Fusion rocket
 * Solar sail
 * Einstein-Rosen bridge
 * Alcubierre drive
 * Intergalactic travel

History of space exploration
Main articles: History of space exploration and Timeline of space exploration


 * Remote sensing of Earth
 * Exploration of the Moon
 * Apollo program
 * Moon landings
 * Robotic exploration of the Moon
 * Exploration of Mercury
 * Exploration of Venus
 * Exploration of Mars
 * Mars landings
 * Mars rovers
 * Mars Rotorcrafts
 * Exploration of Jupiter
 * Exploration of Saturn
 * Exploration of Uranus
 * Exploration of Neptune
 * History of human spaceflight
 * Project Mercury
 * Project Gemini
 * Apollo program
 * Space Shuttle program
 * Vostok program
 * Voskhod program
 * Soyuz program
 * Shenzhou program
 * List of human spaceflights
 * List of Space Shuttle missions
 * Spaceflight records
 * Emergence of market forces in spaceflight
 * Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
 * Timeline of astronauts by nationality
 * Timeline of first orbital launches by country
 * Timeline of rocket and missile technology
 * Timeline of space exploration
 * Timeline of space travel by nationality
 * Timeline of spaceflight
 * Timeline of the Space Race
 * Timeline of Solar System exploration