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A Brief History of Human Spaceflight
Course
en
English
9 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 9 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Introduction
A welcome video and course syllabus - Week 2 - Unit 1 - Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Learn about the Apollo 11 moon landing with interesting interviews with the astronauts who made history - Week 3 - Unit 2 - Humankind’s Musings on Space Travel
Learn about how previous generations thought about the possibility of space travel - Week 4 - Unit 3 - Early Rocketry
Learn about how rockets were developed from the ancient Chinese through today's powerful rockets - Week 5 - Unit 4 - Early Soviet Space Program
Learn about steps the Soviet Union took to launch the first man in space - Week 6 - Unit 5 - Mercury Program
Learn about the United State's first efforts to put a human in space - Week 7 - Unit 6 - Gemini Program
Learn about how NASA refined their human space flight program in preparation for a moon landing - Week 8 - Unit 7 - Apollo Program
Learn about the last technical innovations required to land a human on the moon - Week 9 - Unit 8 - Early Space Stations
Learn about how the early steps taken to send humans in space for extended missions
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Dr. Chuck Layne
Professor and Department Chair
Health and Human Performance
Editor
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