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History of space flight

In less than 100 years, the art of human flight has taken us to the moon and back. Hypography Sci-Tech takes a look at sites which present how space flight evolved.

Posted by Tormod Guldvog
13 September, 2001 04:09:03

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Space flight is not restricted to manned missions, however. As of today, there are several ongoing missions involving robots, satellites and probes where the element of propulsion is very important. By discovering new ways of propelling our space craft, the dream of discovering other worlds may come true.

Related Links

Ion-powered spacecraft sets flight record
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/08/18/deep.space.1/index.html
Article in CNN Interactive.

How to become an astronaut
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/jobsinfo/astronaut.html
Tired of the Earth? Then you might like to read this information from NASA.

NASA: Space Transportation
http://stp.msfc.nasa.gov/
NASA's presentation of their efforts to "build a highway into space".

History of Space Exploration
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/history.htm
A very thorough presentation of space exploration history.

Space flight
http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/spalinke.html
This is a collection of links and resources related to historic and history and current events in space flight.

Aeronautics Internet Textbook
http://wings.ucdavis.edu/Book/History/advanced/index.html
This is a brilliant, illlustrated online book presenting the history of flight.

Official MIR page by NASA
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/mir/index.html
This is NASA's official website for the Russion manned space station MIR.

History of manned space flight
http://www.focusonbrevard.com/space/history_of_space_flight_calendar.htm
A nifty calendar of manned space missions with clickable events.

Hasselblad Space History
http://www.hasselbladusa.com/about/about2.htm
The camera maker Hasselblad has created a very interesting site documenting space flight history. Some images, but lots of text.

Marshall Space Flight Center History Office
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/
This website is a gateway to the historical archives of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

The history of space flight
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/index.html
NASA space history - human flight.

Warp Drive When?
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/warp.htm
Will we ever be able to travel to the stars? This page by NASA discusses the uses of strange technologies like antigravity to create new propulsion methods.