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
A Brief History of Human Spaceflight
A Brief History of Human Spaceflight
Instructor: Dr. Chuck Layne
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There are 12 modules in this course
A welcome video and course syllabus
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1 video1 reading
Learn about the Apollo 11 moon landing with interesting interviews with the astronauts who made history
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1 video1 reading1 assignment
Learn about how previous generations thought about the possibility of space travel
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1 video1 reading3 assignments
Learn about how rockets were developed from the ancient Chinese through today's powerful rockets
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1 video1 reading2 assignments
Learn about steps the Soviet Union took to launch the first man in space
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1 video1 reading3 assignments
Learn about the United State's first efforts to put a human in space
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1 video1 reading2 assignments
Learn about how NASA refined their human space flight program in preparation for a moon landing
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1 video1 reading3 assignments
Learn about the last technical innovations required to land a human on the moon
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3 videos1 reading3 assignments
Learn about how the early steps taken to send humans in space for extended missions
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1 video1 reading2 assignments
Learn how the Soviet Union and US began to learn to collaborate in space
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1 reading1 assignment
Learn about activities on the Russian Mir space station and the extensive activities with the Americans
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1 reading3 assignments
Learn about the various disasters that occur during the period of human spaceflight
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1 reading2 assignments
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WD
4
Reviewed on Sep 24, 2021
Excellent material although I found the interface between the course and tests to be clunky.It would have been interesting to her more about the Soyuz missions.
HK
5
Reviewed on Sep 2, 2017
As an aerospace engineering student, I gained historical background about my profession. I hope there will be a second part of this course.
DG
5
Reviewed on Nov 22, 2021
Incredible content, with never before seen history videos ! I wish I could order a printed original Certificate. THANK YOU !
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