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A Brief History of Human Spaceflight

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About A Brief History of Human Spaceflight

This course provides a view of the history of spaceflight, from early writings telling of human's fascination of space through the early Russian and American space stations. Developed as an interesting and entertaining slice of space history that is accessible to anyone with an interest in human spaceflight

What You Will Learn?

  • Introduction Unit 1 - Apollo 11 Moon Landing Unit 2 - Humankind’s Musings on Space Travel Unit 3 - Early Rocketry Unit 4 - Early Soviet Space Program Unit 5 - Mercury Program Unit 6 - Gemini Program Unit 7 - Apollo Program Unit 8 - Early Space Stations Unit 9 - Soviet - US Collaboration in Space Unit 10 - Soviet and Russian Mir Space Station Unit 11 - Spaceflight Disasters.