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| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| T Jul 10 | Introduction | Movie: For All Mankind Apollo Moon Landing Hoax? |
| W Jul 11 | Tsiolkovsky, Goddard, Oberth Aristotle to Newton |
Chapter 1-3 Aristotle to Newton |
| Th Jul 12 | Rockets,
Von Braun,
Sputnik 1 Netwon's Laws and Orbits |
Chapters 4-6 Kepler/Newton's Laws More on Von Braun |
| M Jul 16 | Space Race, Project Mercury, Gagarin | Chapters 7-9 Movie: Moonshot NASA Human Space Flight Gallery More on Project Mercury |
| T Jul 17 | Early Russian Space Program | pp 185-186; Chapters 24-26 More on USSR Space Program |
| W Jul 18 | Project Gemini | Chapters 15-16 Movie: Moonshot More on Project Gemini |
| Th Jul 19 | Project Apollo | Chapters 17-19 Movie: Moonshot More on Project Apollo |
| M Jul 23 | Project Apollo | Movie: Moonshot |
| T Jul 24 | Project Apollo | Chapters 20-21 Movie: To the Moon |
| W Jul 25 | Project Apollo | Chapters 22-23 Movie: To the Moon |
| Th Jul 26 | Project Apollo | Review/Class Discussion |
| M Jul 30 | Exam I | Review Sheet for Exam (TBA) Apollo Mission Review Sheet (TBA) |
| T Jul 31 | Apollo Soyuz Test Project | Chapter 33 Movie: Moonshot More on Apollo-Soyuz |
| W Aug 01 | History of Exploration: Socio-Political Impacts (The Story of China and Portugal) |
Handouts from "The Discovers" by Daniel Borstein |
| Th Aug 02 | The Space Shuttle Program and Future | Chapter 34 More on the Space Shuttle |
| M Aug 06 | Space Heritage (Guest: Dr. Beth O'Leary) | Preserving Apollo Landing Sites |
| T Aug 07 | Individual Presentations I (schedule and topics) | Topics available on linked page |
| W Aug 08 | Individual Presentations II (schedule and topics) | Topics available on linked page |
| Th Aug 09 | TBA | Topics TBA |
| M Aug 13 | FINAL EXAM (in class) | Review Sheet (TBA) |
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