Wyoming Junior High School Media Center

 

The Wright Brothers’ first flight was in 1903. Wow! Look how far flight has come in 100 years. The first flight covered 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. In 1961 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made one orbit around the earth, and in 1998 the first module of the international space station was sent aloft. The space station is the largest artificial body in space and it’s possible to see with the naked eye. Have you seen it orbiting the Earth? I have and it was awesome. If mankind progressed from a 59 second flight to an orbiting space station in only 100 years, imagine what the next 100 years will bring! Learn more about space, and space exploration from NASA at a site tailored specifically for teens: http://missionscience.nasa.gov/.