Chapter 11

American History of the Harmonica Flying through the Earth’s atmosphere into outer space, astronaut Wally Schirra, played jingle bells on his smuggled harmonica while in orbit. Even outer space is not safe from this pocket sized instrument. The harmonica has spread to almost every corner on Earth, and sold more units than any other instrument. The harmonica is considered an American icon, but the origins of the harmonica is rooted in another country, Germany. Although the actual creator of the…

Despite Apollo 13 being considered a failed mission due to the fact that they did not land on the moon, it may have actually helped NASA out and proved to themselves that they can handle things in high pressure situations. The mission was able to get some exploration done by taking pictures of the moon, but the only encounters that took place were problems such as an oxygen tank explosion. What make this mission historically significant is that it boosted US morale because they were able to…

The Positive Impacts of The Space Race Following World War II, tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. rose dramatically. These tensions eventually caused the Cold War, a war that did not contain any actual combat between the two countries, but contained U.S. foreign involvement to contain communism, an arms race, and the space race (“Cold War History”). The space race is defined as the period of time in the 50s and 60s where the U.S. and Soviets competed technologically to be the first to…

Art, Ross, and Morrie have a model rocket club in which they are testing their new rocket, the Starstruck V. It fails (it EXPLODED). They get out of the makeshift house they constructed to hold the model rocket, when suddenly they see a man on the floor. He has blood on his head and there is also blood all over the place. The boys assume that a piece of the exploded rocket hit him on the head, and they call the ambulance. Suddenly, Art recognizes him as his uncle, Doctor Cargraves. Everyone is…

An Impossible Mission Only the third intended mission to the moon and it wouldn’t quite make it. On April 13, 1970 two days after flight Apollo 13 lifted off something went wrong. The three men, Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise trained as any other astronaut would, but what happened was unpredictable. The three men had just finished a broadcast to the citizens back home without many people joined watching. It was 56 hours into the mission where a cryo-stir had occurred this caused…

Neil Armstrong began his career at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) as well as NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in Ohio. He first joined NACA in 1955, and was first assigned to be in Cleveland to work with the NACA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn Research Center). When he was driving from Cleveland to southern California, he stopped by northern Wisconsin, where he asked Shearon to marry him and go with him to California. In January 1956, Neil and Janet…

Aliens… U.F.O’s….. Area 51 is located in the Nevada desert and is owned by the U.S Air Force and Government, it was used in the Cold War, WWII and even in the Vietnam war; around 25 miles long it is the largest Air Force Base in U.S History and the most secure! It is believed that conspiracies theories (which has not yet been confirmed) think that Aliens and U.F.O’s live there! Secondly Area 51 was used in WWII for “Stealth and Target” training and experimenting with a highly intense project…

of Apollo 8, back-up commander for Apollo 11, and commander of Apollo 13. John L. Swigert, Jr., was the Command Module Pilot of Apollo 13.He was scheduled to be the back-up command module pilot for Apollo 13 but was moved to the prime crew 72 hours before the launch in place of Ken Mattingly who had caused to explosion of German measles. Fred W. Haise, was the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 13.He was actually back-up lunar pilot for Apollo 8 and Apollo 11, lunar module pilot for Apollo 13, and…

because privileges come and go, gifts are blessings, and nothing worthwhile is easy. Firstly, be grateful for what you have because it could be taken away at any moment would be the theme of Life as We Knew It because privileges come and go. In chapter four, Miranda, her family, and her classmates had to make sacrifices. For example, Miranda states, “There would be no more after-school activities. The class play,…

According to the great-granddaughter of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, aliens are taking over the world. In fact, an extraterrestrial invasion has already occurred and NASA doesn't want us to know about it. NASA HAS BEEN HIDING ALIENS FOR YEARS In a 2014 interview, cosmologist Laura Magdalene Eisenhower confirmed that an alien invasion has already occurred. NASA has known about it but has kept us in the dark. According to her, this coverup has been going on for years. Extraterrestrials…