Jobs give us the money we need to support our families. Pay bills. Keep your house. Pay taxes. Space explorations have been also a big part of our society.…
The discussion for this assessment is to explain, “Why was Pluto demoted to a dwarf planet?” While searching for another planet to explain irregularities in Neptune’s orbit, Pluto was discovered in 1930 by astronomers. At that time, the astronomers gave Pluto very little consideration due to its size, about the size of earth, and way too small to have any affect in altering Neptune’s orbit. As time passed, and technology improved, the size of Pluto was reexamined through improved satellite images, and found to be less than half of Earth’s diameter. Most recently, calculations established on images obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope, show that Pluto’s about one- fifth the diameter of earth and half that of Mercury (considered the runt of…
The 1900’s was humanity's first step towards a more advanced push towards space exploration. A space race, fueled by the cold war in the mid 1900’s, could not have been made possible without the core principles founded by Isaac Newton. Newton’s work makes it possible for humanity to explore further and beyond their own world. Space exploration is made possible because of the work of Newton. Newton’s discovery of gravity and its laws and published work has enabled humanity to venture deeper into the unknown region of outer space.…
For all of human history we have looked into the heavens and longed to know and understand more. Now in the 21st century the opportunity to venture into the stars is available, but before mankind takes another leap into the future. It must first take a step back and evaluate the ramifications of space travel and exploration. These include economic, political, and scientific consequences.…
Mercury's rare passage across the face of the sun on Monday, May 9, should be an exciting event for skywatchers and scientists alike. The planet's pass across Earth's nearest star may provide information about its thin atmosphere, assist in the hunt for worlds around other stars, and help NASA hone some of its instruments. As seen from Earth, Mercury appears to cross the disk of the sun — an event known as a transit — only about 13 times per century. Currently, transits of Mercury always occur in either May or November (this changes over hundreds of years), with spring transits only occurring about a third of the time.…
The visit to the LA’s space shuttle highlighted the story that began in a small town of Palmdale, an hour drive from Los Angeles where a space shuttle was built in a galaxy called the Milky-Way. The space shuttle flew over 100 million miles and was in the outer space for over one year of its lifetime. The dynamic shuttle finally retired to its sunny hometown and continues to delight and educate school children. The Endeavor made its final historic flight in 2015 followed by a breathtaking road trip along the streets of LA and arrived home at the California Science Centre where it has since lived at the Oschin Pavilion.…
Juno spacecraft was built and funded by Martin Lockheed in 2010, and launched on August 5, 2011. The spacecraft has been traveling to Jupiter for five years and will be for another year then back. Juno’s expedition is predicted to take eight years, Juno is said to reach Jupiter in 2018. The spacecraft was built with three solar panels that power the spacecraft and make it spin-stabilized. Juno can make gravity and creates magnetic fields (Lockheed, Martin).…
The space sector is an increasingly complex and competitive operating environment. They contend with daily economic uncertainty, shifting regulations and the increasingly complex demands of meeting their agency objectives. Today, space technologies are important to daily life, contributing to knowledge of our universe, enhancing national security, and provide guidance when natural disasters occur. However, many emerging nations and private corporations are creating an increasingly complex sector; referred to as “Space Jam”, navigating through barriers to achieve your vision will be my top priority.…
Its purpose was to detect cosmic rays while in orbit; unfortunately the satellite failed to ignite on its fourth stage in its launch process and never made it to orbit. During the time of Explorer 2, the Soviets were also at work with Luna 2, this probe became the first to hit the moon but after 33.5 hours into flight the signals were dead. The US then created another satellite, the fourth satellite by America, and the first satellite to be solar-powered. They created the Vanguard 1, the first part of the Vanguard Project. Although communication with the satellite was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest artificial satellite still orbiting the Earth and the oldest piece of debris orbiting Earth.…
Missions involving Io began in 1973 with the Pioneer 10 mission, a flyby that was designed to study Jupiter. This spacecraft was also the first to achieve escape velocity of the solar system. It discovered that Io has an atmosphere, and possibly viewed its Hydrogen Ion torus. After Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11 took the first pictures of Io, and estimated the mass of the moon.…
From the expected fields of astronomy and physics to more unexpected fields like geology and psychology, space exploration has provided uncountable volumes of information to dissect and discuss for many different areas of study. And, like with technological advances, these gains in knowledge have direct roots in specific programs of space exploration. For instance, new information on black holes and solar system formation has been directly accumulated from the Hubble Space Telescope, a tool that “…could reveal stars, planets, nebulae, and galaxies in all their fully-detailed glory” (Moskowitz). Or for an example far closer to home, the Voyager probes to the outer solar system discovered volcanoes on Io, the moon of the Jupiter, and 10 new moons around Uranus (Moskowitz). From this, it can be concluded that the funding of space exploration is a clear driver of scientific…
The inner solar system planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are fascinating because they orbit closest to the sun. In fact, a human could possibly stand on the four inner planets, unlike the four outer planets that are made of gas. Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars provide crucial information for researchers who need additional information about the four inner planets. I chose this topic because I thought it would be facilitating to learn about a different world, and how they are similar, yet different from each other. Mercury is the closest planets to the sun because it is only 35.98 million miles from the sun, whereas the other three inner planets are much farther away.…
Curiosity is one of Earth’s most valuable probes when it comes to researching Mars. It is also arguably one of the most interesting and useful probes. The history, mission and design all make up curiosity. The history of curiosity starts ruggedly when the $2.5 billion rover almost met its untimely end with an audacious landing.…
"The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. "-Brainy Quote. There are a hundred stars in the sky on a clear night. There are also hundred more when looking through a telescope.…
Exploration of the Space “Space, the final frontier” is a popular phrase from the television show Star Trek. However, even though this show is fictional, the idea of space exploration is truly real. It may be interpreted in different ways, such as, a need for human exploration or the next destination for human expansion. For centuries, the stars have mystified people all around the world, and it was not until recently that exploration began. Within the last one hundred years, man not only developed flight, but took it a step further delving into the vastness of the universe.…