A Brief History of Human Spaceflight (Coursera)

A Brief History of Human Spaceflight (Coursera)

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

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Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction
A welcome video and course syllabus

WEEK 2
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Learn about the Apollo 11 moon landing with interesting interviews with the astronauts who made history

WEEK 3
Humankind’s Musings on Space Travel
Learn about how previous generations thought about the possibility of space travel

WEEK 4
Early Rocketry
Learn about how rockets were developed from the ancient Chinese through today's powerful rockets

WEEK 5
Early Soviet Space Program
Learn about steps the Soviet Union took to launch the first man in space

WEEK 6
Mercury Program
Learn about the United State's first efforts to put a human in space

WEEK 7
Gemini Program
Learn about how NASA refined their human space flight program in preparation for a moon landing

WEEK 8
Apollo Program
Learn about the last technical innovations required to land a human on the moon

WEEK 9
Early Space Stations
Learn about how the early steps taken to send humans in space for extended missions

WEEK 10
Soviet - US Collaboration in Space
Learn how the Soviet Union and US began to learn to collaborate in space

WEEK 11
Soviet and Russian Mir Space Station
Learn about activities on the Russian Mir space station and the extensive activities with the Americans

WEEK 12
Spaceflight Disasters
Learn about the various disasters that occur during the period of human spaceflight

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