This site is part of the Science Museum's
 STEM Project
 and it was completed by a student of North London Collegiate School,
 based on a visit to the 'Exploration of Space' Gallery, and called
 

 The Development of Space Travel and the First Moon Landing.
Virtual Tour of the 'Exploration of Space' gallery.

When I visited the 'Exploration of Space' Gallery, my impression of it was that it was very well presented and organised. The order of events was clear, i.e. first came the 'History of Space Travel' section of the gallery, then the events that follow, almost all in chronological order.

If you are unable to visit the gallery, have a look at some of the photos taken there…

Robert Goddard, a US rocket designer, launches the first successful liquid fuel rocket, which flies 12.5m (41ft) high.

The Apollo-Saturn V rocket, that famously launched the Apollo 11 astronauts into space.

 This is what one nozzle of a huge rocket with a liquid fuel engine looks like. 

The back of the Black Arrow, Britain's first and only satellite launch vehicle. 

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 The Black Arrow rocket. This rocket, R4, was never used and was presented to the Science Museum for educational display. 

The British X3 (Prospero) satellite (unused version) was launched into orbit on 28th November 1971, by Black Arrow. 

 A model of the Challenger Space Shuttle. A faulty seal on one of the booster rockets caused its destruction on the 25th Shuttle flight. 

William Anders wore this space suit during the first manned flight around the Moon. This ensemble is the Apollo Intravehicular Activity (IVA) Space Suit, 1968. 

A model of the Viking lander on Mars. 

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A reconstruction of the Apollo 11 lunar lander used by Neil Armstrong and 'Buzz' Aldrin on the first Moon landing, July 1969.

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 The Apollo 10 command module, which carried three astronauts around the Moon in May 1969. You may be pleased to know that yes, this is not a model, and is the actual spacecraft.   

A simplified model of MIR -the world's most famous space station.

 As well as these models, the Science Museum offers many more, including models of satellites, rockets, interactive activities, such as constructing virtual rockets and the 'astronaut' Gene Cernan, talking about his experiences beyond the space frontier. Come and see for yourself!

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 This page of 'The Development of Space Travel and the First Moon Landing' was designed and created by E.Abrosimova. Copyright © 2000 North London Collegiate School. All rights reserved.