https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q en-us 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC 2023-06-10 05:37:14 UTC hello@padlet.com allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887710 MIR space station was built in section, each piece launched by a rocket and then joined together in orbit. The last piece was put together in 1996. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887710 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887711 The first woman African American astronaut, Mae Jemison, went into orbit on the Space Shuttle Endeavor. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887711 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887712 Helen Sharman entered a competition to become the first British astronaut in space. She spent eight days in space conduction scientific experiments. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887712 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887713 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with the first living passenger, the dog Laika, aboard. This started an emphasis on science and math. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887713 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887714 Astronomers have found a repeated deep space radio wave bursts. A galaxy 3 billion lya. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887714 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887715 European Space Agency Rosetta probe took ten years to reach the Comet's surface. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887715 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887716 Atlantis is the last American space shuttle to be launched into space. Concluded the 30-year space shuttle program.]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887716 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887717 German V2 was the first rocket to reach 100km from the Earth's surface.]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887717 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887718 The Challenger exploded with 6 members aboard within 73 seconds of take-off. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887718 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887719 Sir Isaac Newton outlined his three laws of motion, the law of gravity, and Kepler's laws for motion of the planets.  Laid foundation for space exploration.]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887719 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887721 These astronomers lived in 1571-1630. They determined that the planets traveled around the sun not in circles but in ellipses. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887721 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887722 Americans first rounded the moon, and succeeding on landing on the moon's sea of tranquility.]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887722 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887724 Pluto is no longer a planet anymore, but is reclassified as a dwarf planet]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887724 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887726 Apollo 7 is launched for an 11-day earth orbit, this was broadcast live on TV!]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887726 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887727 Kennedy announced our plans in the Space Race.]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887727 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887729 One million Earths can fit in the sun. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887729 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887731 On Venus a day is longer than a year on Earth. ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887731 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887733 The first siting of Pluto was suggested by an 11 year-old girl ]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887733 allisonmcgraw2 https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887735 American test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier for the first time in the X-1, also known as Glamorous Glennis.]]> 2017-01-27 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/allisonmcgraw2/cfuhisx6j42q/wish/149887735