Apollo program

Apollo 11 was the space flight that landed the first humans on the moon. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first astronauts involved. Mr Armstrong was the first to step onto the MOON the 21st of July at 2:56 UTC. They collected 21.5 kg of lunar material to take back to earth. There was also another astronaut called Michael Collins who piloted the command spacecraft by himself until Armstrong and Aldrin returned a day later to go back to earth. These were the first astronauts to…

“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…

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…

Sport’s 1960’s During the 1960’s many world changing things were happening. Like the election of John F. Kennedy, and later his assassination. Then let’s not forget the landing of Neil Armstrong in the moon. “That’s one small step for men; one giant leap for mankind” (Armstrong). Technology was advancing very rapidly to, like the NFL crew, that filmed the first NFL championship between the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. In the 1960’s sports were most affected by the NFL filming crew,…

Stacey: Want to go to the Moon this weekend? I heard they are having some music festival there. Let’s take a trip to space! You: Which moon? Stacey: Ours. I heard Beyonce will be there! You: OMG! Yaaassss! Let’s go! Trip to Space Blue Origin, an aerospace company, released a video that showed a stunning view of the private space trips they plan to offer. The company’s Chief of Mission Assurance and former NASA astronaut, Jeff Ashby, talk about the life changing experience it will be and…

Topic C I have a ticket in my hand to go anywhere in the entire world. Where should I go? There are like a million places that I would want to go, but I can only choose one. Am I allowed to get out of this planet on a rocketship? Well that would be great to see the world outside of Earth, but since I am too young to that right now I have decided that this ticket will take me to NASA’s space station in Houston, Texas. I have chosen this particular place because it would be both an adventure and…

In 1947 a USAF surveillance balloon crash-landed near a Ranch in Roswell, New Mexico but military covered it up with a false story saying that they found an alien spaceship wreckage. What are they hiding from us? In 1947 an event known as the Roswell incident, it was an event when a USAF surveillance balloon crash-land near a Ranch in Roswell, New Mexico but military covered it up so that they won’t have to reveal the true nature of what the surveillance balloon is really for. But soon after the…

Apollo 11 JFK said to the crowed in the 1960’s “We will land on the moon in the next decade!”. On the Date of July 16 1969 The apollo 11 astronauts boarded the saturn V rocket. The mission crew sets up and get’s ready for launch in one hour. Thirty minutes later the astronauts: Akerman Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear step onboard of the rocket. “Alright let's keep this mission on track, start launch!” said Camron of the mission crew. Launching in 5 the rocket started. 4 flames shot out of the…