Apollo Belvedere

“Houston, we have a problem.” said Jim Lovell, an astronaut of Apollo 13, when the oxygen tank explored in the Space in 1970. After the talk, this lunar exploration gained a worldwide concern. Three astronauts in the craft fought with numerous disastrous faults and eventually back to the earth. In 1995, this regrettable story was even recorded as a historical docudrama named Apollo 13. Such social repercussion brought up a perspective that Apollo 13, one of the most well-known explorations of…

fascinated with space and the heavens for a long time. During this first mission to the moon many things happened that were amazing. NASA and the Apollo 11 crew’s encounter with various problems during the time of Apollo 11 led to the successful exploration of the moon and advancements in the space race. NASA encountered problems with spacesuits before the Apollo 11 space mission. In addition to many other things, the space suits had to withstand micrometeorites that shoot around like bullets…

Sharon Zukin’s “Why Harlem is Not a Ghetto” explores upon the reinvention and Manhattanization of Harlem. Zukin goes in depth about how Harlem went “from a dark ghetto into a middle-class, racially integrated, cosmopolitan community” (93). She examines the factors that pushed for gentrification, the influence it had on the neighborhood’s metamorphosis, and the effects of the displacement of traditional residents and businesses through new commercial activity. Through her detailed analysis of the…

Since the beginning of the United States, Americans have progressed and created remarkable achievements in order to advance to the society we have today. However, one of America’s biggest achievements, the moon landing of 1969, may have been a hoax. Many people don’t believe that it was a hoax because they don’t see any valid reason for the moon landing to have been staged. However, the competition between Russia and the U.S was fierce, as a result of the Soviets having already put a satellite…

America would be great again. Eventually our time, hard work, and money paid off with the launch of Apollo 8. Apollo 8 was Americas first launch towards the moon and it was an extraordinary success. America became the first country to orbit the entire moon. However, they didn’t stop there, with the Apollo project becoming more and more ground breaking they finally capitalized with Apollo 11. Apollo 11 became the most historic space project in the world. On July 16th, 1969 America launched…

Joseph Erhabor Professor Fletcher English 1101 19 November 2014 Apollo 13 Successful and Failure Apollo 13 is one of the most memorable missions in NASA. Apollo 13 how about crew members on the mission. The crew was ready to launch until they had a problem with the ship. They had to hold back the mission for a couple of seconds. The Apollo 13 mission had technical problems with the spaceship. This missions took place in April, 11 1970 (apollo 13).The crew was excited to launch. The crew member…

On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy gave a speech to the people at Rice University. The speech is titled “We Choose the Moon.” It all began when the cold war between the US and Soviet Union picked up. Space exploration quickly became a competition for both these nations. However, the real competition of the space race didn’t start until Russia launched Sputnik, the first satellite in orbit. The United States saw this as a threat to the expansive frontier of space. Their new goal was to get…

Tension, humor, and foreshadowing are some examples of elements that readers will find in The Martian. In The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney is left behind on Mars. Because of a dust storm, Mark's teammates believe that he is dead and left him behind. The Martian is a science fiction book that gives readers an idea of how people might be able to colonize Mars and gives readers an idea of what space is like. The Martian has an author that self-published his book, and who used humor and…

The three careers that I am choosing to investigate from my major, aerospace engineering, are: propulsion development engineer, spacecraft structures engineer, and spacecraft materials engineer. Of these three, my first pick would be propulsion development engineer, followed by spacecraft structures engineer. Propulsion development is a branch of aerospace engineering that focuses on spacecraft and aircraft propulsion systems. I chose to investigate these three careers as I feel that I would…

We all know the phrase, “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong said this as he took the first steps on the moon. This moment was an immense one for humans. We had finally reached the moon, something scientists had always dreamed of. Although, what if it was fake? What if everything we learned about this great moment was not the truth? The moon landing conspiracy theory is one that is greatly followed and believed by many. It states that the moon landing was, in fact…