Technological Advancements in Space Exploration

• There have been many advancements in Space exploration…
  
  · At first, an astronaut could not even go two meters into space. Now astronauts can go many, many miles into space.
  
  · Also, the first astronaut in space could only make a few orbits around the Earth. Now, astronauts are making hundreds of orbits around the Earth.
  
  · After sending many space probes, shuttles, rockets, satellites, etc., scientists and astronomers discovered, and are still discovering lots of things about space and the planets of the Solar System.
  
  · Now, if astronauts and cosmonauts have to go in space for many months, they don’t have to take loads of food with them. They can survive with just one tiny capsule and stay healthy.
  
  · Space exploration is getting so advanced that now a hotel is being built on the moon.
  
  · At first, only robots were being sent into space. But now, because of technology, many humans are going into space.
  
  · Before, space travel was really risky, and many of the missions in space were unsuccessful. But now space travel has become much safer.
  
  · The very first telescopes could not magnify much. But now, they can magnify much, much more. Also, because of technology, a big and powerful telescope has been put in space called the Hubble Space Telescope.
  
  · As space exploration advances, better space probes, rockets, shuttles, satellites, etc. are being sent into space, enabling scientists and astronomers to get better and more information about space.
  
  · At first, astronauts could only go in space for a few hours, then days, then weeks, and now they can stay in space for many, many months.
  
  · In the beginning of space exploration, only America and Russia were sending things and people into space. Now China and even a developing country like India are sending things into space.
  
  By Nehal Rawat
  Grade 5A