Buzz Aldrin

Most of the money that it took to send Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon and other space accomplishments came from the people, through taxes due to the seven to nine billion dollars Kennedy was requesting from Congress. Many people weren’t happy with this and President Kennedy stated himself that if Americans…

The Space Race The great space race started in the early 1950s. There were two sides, the democratic capitalists of the US, and the communists of the Soviet Union. The idea of space travel sparked a race to see who could get into space first. B both wanted to prove that their military and technology was better. October 4th, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite to be in Earth’s orbit. It was seen as the new frontier in the technology of space travel. In 1958…

The Abstract:- Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut who was the first astronaut to land on the moon and was also the first person to walk on the moon. Many people nowadays support the idea that Neil Alden Armstrong did not really land on the moon and walk on it, they think that it was not a real act, they think it was staged. These people think that he did not land on the moon because they think that back then, they did not have the modern technology that we have now. Some people…

In order to truly understand the history of an era, one must first gain a sense of the people who lived it. In the introduction to their book The Century, Todd Brewster and Peter Jennings wisely note that experience, not the simple act of memory, constitutes a living history. They also observe that true history is not made up of the noted people but from the unknown masses. During the years between 1960s and 1970s society experienced great loss and pride. The Vietnam War, the Kennedy…

No multi-cell organism has been able to survive on Earth for without fear of extinction. Humans are no exception. With global temperatures rising and scientists saying that the Earth is in the beginning of its next mass extinction, the human race should be looking for a new planet to call home. The problem with this proposition being that the human race does not have the technology available to reach a planet that is comparable to the Earth in atmosphere, and size. NASA scientist are currently…

Five... People are anxious for this moment to be a success. Four... U.S. citizens grit their teeth, hoping the lift off will be a success. Three... Butterflies. Butterflies fill stomachs during this nerve racking moment. Two... Families of Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and their crew hold their breath. One... Blast off. Cheers ring all across the country, “to the moon!” Rather to a deserted area that could serves as a good representation to the moon. There is an abundance of evidence supporting…

Did you know that Yuri Gagarin, the first man to enter space, died at the age of 34 in a plane crash in 1968? Gagarin was an astronaut of the Soviet Union, also known as the USSR. In April of 1961, aboard the Vostok 1, Gagarin earned his place in the history books by being the first man to enter space. However, a few years before this in August of 1957, history is was also made when the USSR successfully developed a sufficient space launch vehicle in the form of the R7 Semyorka. Thus, the space…

Since the dawn of man kind humans have had the urge to learn, discover and explore. People have been exploring ever since the age of the dinosaur. In the earliest ages of man kind, it was a necessity for survival. Though as time passed and humans evolved it became less of a necessity and people started exploring more out of curiosity. In the past there were multiple believes on the shape of the Earth. One of the most oldest and most believed theories was that Earth was flat. It was such…

The Apollo 11 mission may have been one of the most groundbreaking movements to the world. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin,and Michael Collins were propelled into space with the intent to land on the moon and return home safely. The men successfully landed on the moon and collected samples, pictures, and rocks. They barely made the trip home. Neil Armstrong was forced…

to a new moon, following the exact same time as the lunar cycle. This was the first discovery he made on his trip to the moon. The second happened as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon when they found that moondust is slippery and their craft slid quite a few feet before coming to a stop. When Armstrong and Aldrin went to measure the temperature, the original guesses were way off when in sunlight the temperature was a few hundred degrees but in shadow it was almost negative 300…