Apollo

In the book, Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly, is based on a true story about a group of african-american female mathematicians that serve as the brain behind one of the greatest operations in history. The operation included the launch of the astronaut ,John Glenn, into space. This launch’s success allowed NASA to regain the nation’s confidence. In Hidden Figures, the main characters are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, John Glenn, and Levi Jackson. Katherine Johnson is…

Even though many people of the world may think it is a splendid idea to put time and money into building a space station on the moon or mars, it is not the brightest idea. It is not such a magnificent idea to put time and money into building a space station on the moon or mars because not many people fly to space, the space station could mess up, and asteroids could damage the space station. First and foremost, time and money put into building a space station on the moon or mars is not a…

On September 19, 1783, people gathered around Versailles. They eagerly awaited the exciting demonstration: the first hot air balloon flight with animals inside. They filled the balloon with hot air while the mesmerized people waited patiently. Flight was a foreign concept to them and people were skeptical if land animals could survive the flight. After they fastened basket on the bottom, they put a rooster, duck, and sheep into it. The flight began and astronomers reported it got up to 1600 feet…

One small step for man , and one giant leap for mankind. -Neil Armstrong , the first man to walk on the moon said.John F. Kennedy was the man who encouraged people to fly to the moon and he was passionate about space exploration. But does that mean that space exploration is worth the cost? Yes Space exploration is worth the cost but also for many other reasons for example; It will expand our knowledge , it could find cures to certain disabilities in the world , there would be thousands of job…

Wernher von Braun’s Journey to Space This world had a great awakening when Wernher von Braun came forth into it. He has broughten very many accomplishments to the United States of America. Though he was a secret Nazi, he created the V-2 rocket, started a family in America, and made many creations throughout his life time. He also helped send the first man to the moon with one of his great creations. War does not define who is right, war simply defines who is left. Yet in this case, Wernher…

Area 51 is the holy grail of conspiracy theorists, with possibilities like the Pentagon studying flying saucers and keeping alien beings stored in water tanks. legend says that Area 51 connects by tunnel under the soil and possibly locomotives to other classified facilities in the country. Katie Couric spoke on the Today Show in 2001, that a mere 7 percent of Americans don’t believe the moon landing occurred. it’s believed that the whole event was staged somewhere in the desert terrain of Nevada…

But Cruz's first meetings with NASA workers in a Space committee gathering showed a more aggressive part about him. Cruz and Sen. Cory Gardner made clear quite that for them, the main mission of NASA's space exploration, not any of their other scientific pursuits, like monitoring climate change from space and certain things that other countries may have not discovered. It will be more difficult to put people in space if sea levels rise states Senator Bill Nelson of (Florida), of which is one of…

Between being the 152nd human to visit space and being the representative for his electoral district for over 5 years, Marc Garneau has had a decorated life. Two dates were extremely important in Marc Garneau’s life: October 5th 1984 and October 19th 2007. The first, the day he went into space onboard of the American space shuttle Challenger and the second, the day he became the official candidate for the Canadian Liberal Party in the district of Westmount—Ville-Marie. Mr. Garneau once stated…

In 1958, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. We were in the middle of the Vietnam War. We still only had one type of television. It was the box T.V. Our radio system was a little box radio with a long antenna. Fashion for ladies in 1958 was big poofy dresses and curled up hair. Red lipstick and thick eyeliner. Men would wear dress pants. Dress shirts under their buttoned up coats and bow ties. Always dress shoes, never anything else. Fedoras as well. In 1958 they launched spacecrafts into space.…

Pluto-the planet, not the dog- has become an overnight sensation. Everyone is talking about Pluto and how much we’re about to learn, thanks to New Horizons. Next week, the spacecraft will be closer than it’s ever been to the ex-planet. Journalist are personifying the planet when captioning photos taken of it and its moons. For example, one photo was captioned “Pluto Poses with Largest Moon in Family Photo”, giving the planet the skills of a model. Space exploration is becoming more and more…