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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A Brief History of Human Spaceflight
University of HoustonAbout this Course
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University of Houston
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction
A welcome video and course syllabus
Unit 1 - Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Learn about the Apollo 11 moon landing with interesting interviews with the astronauts who made history
Unit 2 - Humankind’s Musings on Space Travel
Learn about how previous generations thought about the possibility of space travel
Unit 3 - Early Rocketry
Learn about how rockets were developed from the ancient Chinese through today's powerful rockets
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TOP REVIEWS FROM A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
Great course and good material to review! I enjoyed learning about the early years of spaceflight. Thank you for putting this together!
nice videos, good compilation of materials that make learning about this part of history easier than if on own
It was really good course, got to know lot of new things. I am glad that I took this course.
This is an awesome course. It was heartening to know the historical background of human spaceflight!
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