Apollo 11

The Martian- Summary In the novel, The Martian, written by Andy Weir, is based upon an astronaut and botanist called Mark Watney. The novel is about Mark doing everything he could to survive using his remarkable knowledge, meanwhile having to bear the worst-case scenarios going through his head, hard labor, problems after problems and the most painful, loneliness. This novel not only contains scientific facts and humor, but also being genuine or realistic, which brought many lessons to learn…

The purpose of the lab was to see is a constructed lunar lander would safely land astronauts to the surface of the moon. An actual lander was not built however a lunar lander was built out of cardboard, plastic, cups, marshmallows, index cards, and straws. With these materials, a replica of a lunar lander was made however with different step process, for example a rectangular cardboard base instead of a circular one. A lunar lander was successfully built and got a chance to improve it. After…

The Martian Andy Weir The Martian is a book that follows the journey of Mark Watney, an astronaut apart of the “Ares 3 mission”. The Ares program was a program by NASA which brought mankind onto Mars. Both Ares 1 and 2 resulting successfully, Ares 1 sent astronauts who returned heroes into space. Unfortunately Ares 3 resulted in a death. At least that’s what everyone thought at first… When a sandstorm of 175km/h winds (25km/h faster than the missions equipment was able to handle) formed the…

Truth Behind The Moon Landings, theorists claim the whole landing to have been staged with props because of the lack of technology, the multiple light sources, and lack of stars in all photo and video evidence. Many people are skeptical about the Apollo 11 landing on the moon because, in the 1960s, NASA did not have advanced enough equipment and technology. Ralph René, a self-taught engineer and author claims, “there’s absolutely no way they went to the moon with what they had, in fact, there’s…

“All three pilots died during the flights, and their names were never officially published,” (Rudenko). Many people think that space is a place that is filled with adventures and new beginnings, but that was not the case for three cosmonauts. People have failed to notice, however, that there are people who spent months in a metal tub and never got the recognition of going to space. Once people understand the Lost Cosmonauts Theory, they will start to see that The Soviet Union left three people…

According to the Congress of America, the account shows that after the “Apollo 13” in 1972 during the “Cold War”, the total cost of “Space Exploration” was cut down over 75 percent, and maintain the cost for 42 years. At 2014, the cost of “Space Exploration” is just 0.5 percent of the total cost of America total expend which means every American spend 54 dollars to support the “Space Exploration” which is far less than that in “Apollo Period”, 200 dollars. On the other hand some people might…

The Rosetta spacecraft is unmanned and is controlled from the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany and at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Madrid, Spain. Rosetta is operated from the ground and commands are sent to the craft to adjust its path towards the comet. Theses commands can take up to 50 minutes to reach Rosetta from Earth. Rosetta’s Science Ground Segment are responsible for the collection and distribution of the scientific data that Rosetta sends…

The majority of us have always wondered how this time we often talk about became what it is now. Different cultures created calendars to reflect time within their cultures. Whether it is Egyptian, Gregorian or Mayan, they are all similar in the same way that these all made time according to their culture. They all contributed an idea of what our calendar is now. These cultures helped to improve by adding the significant symbol in which they believed in, and what the cultures thought were…

Did you know that if you were to set foot on the moon you’ll find a golf balls lying around on the moon! NASA astronaut and American naval aviator Alan Sheppard is known as the fifth man ever to set foot on the moon. He is also credited as being the only man to ever hit while on the moon. The date was February 6th 1917. Shepard’s famous lines after hitting the golf ball was “miles and miles and miles” refferring to how amazing the travels further in space and is likely to be still traveling…

unlikely host of numerous Apollo astronauts over the last number of years, thanks to local magistrate Ken Willoughby and his fantastic Space Lectures team. I may be in my early twenties but I’m certainly no stranger to meeting astronauts. Since my first encounter with Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott at an autograph event in Birmingham in September 2009, I have been lucky enough to shake the hands of many of these men I consider heroes. Of the 29 American astronauts that flew on Apollos 7 through…