Monday —- The US responds to Sputnik

• http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29_prt.htm
• http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,959452474001_0,00.html

Tuesday — NASA is formed (break into 6 groups, research and present)

• Explore NASA’s Centers ( location, what they do, missions)
  • Ames  Research Center http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/index.html
  • JPL  http://www.nasa.gov/centers/jpl/home/index.html
  • Johnson http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html
  • Kennedy http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html
  • Marshall http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/index.html
  • Dryden http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/home/index.html

Wednesday — Manned Space Flights (finish presentations then review and take notes on the document below)

• http://mysciencespace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1_CN_Exploring_Space_Manned_FULL_PB_as_P.pdf

Thursday — Unmanned Missions (divide into 6 groups, research missions below and present to class)

• Mariner  http://science.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-missions/
• Pioneer http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html
• Viking http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/viking/
• Voyager http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Mars Programs http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Cassini  http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Friday – The Future (finish presentations on unmanned missions, as time permits assign new groups to investigate the companies and organization below)

• http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home
• http://masten-space.com/
• http://www.orbitaloutfitters.com/
• http://www.virgingalactic.com/
• http://www.spacex.com/
• http://www.xprize.org/