Introduction
Human beings started the space missions in mid 20th century as they sought to understand what makes up the earth and other parts of the solar system. The space missions have been mostly concerned with the exploration of the space components and their environs. This has helped astronomers as they seek out to know what the solar system is composed of together with what they can do to these processes.
The first space exploration to be analyzed is the Mercury which took place from the 20th February 1962. Several astronauts used the Atlas rocket to make orbits around the earth and to research about the possibility of other space shuttles going to the moon. The main aim of this space exploration was the exploration of the earth, moon and whether the astronauts would be able to travel in the near future. This was used by the NASA as a stepping-stone in researching the movement of the space engines into the moon.
On 16th July 1969, Apollo11 was launched as the human beings sought to send the first people into the surface of the moon. The astronauts needed to know if it was possible for human beings to land into the moon. The mission was successful and Neil Armstrong and his crew were able to land on the moon and come back to the earth.
The Apollo-Soyuz was another space exploration mission. In this mission, two great countries were collaborating in the space mission as they wanted to try their combination of different abilities as the first international human spaceflight. This flight was meant to test the compatibility of rendezvous and docking systems and if there was a possibility of international space rescue. This space exploration travel was launched on July 15 and on July 17 in 1975. The mission was a success and docking systems worked as well as the saving mission.
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