50 years of humans in space

It's World Space Week! The theme this year is 50 years of human space travel. But what's happened in those 50 years?

Have a look at our interactive timeline and click on the links to view the videos. All the videos are on our YouTube channel too.

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Summary A great interactive timeline charting human space exploration. Facts and videos reveal the major events since Uri Gagarin became the first cosmonaut in space, on April 12 1961.
Curriculum key words	Other web links
• Space exploration • Applications and Implications of science	Set of resources that use the International Space Station as a context for learning a range of topics. This activity from NASA challenges students to propose how to provide power to a lunar or Martian research base for six astronauts. Students investigate the science and technology of rocket flight. Simple drinking straw rockets
Science Curriculum Links
National Curriculum	Curriculum for excellence	Northern Ireland Curriculum
Earth and universe (KS3 Sc 3.4)	Space exploration and knowledge of the universe (SCN 4-06a)	Earth and universe (KS3)

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