Diana Moon-Glampers

Jim Lovell did not regret the way Apollo 13 turn out to be. Despite almost landing on the moon and almost lost his life. “We were given the situation” (Chaikin).They were really exercising their skills. He explain that he entire crew came home safely. Fred Hasie had different feelings towards the mission. He was disappointed about the mission…

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 man to the moon. Once again the competition got harder. JFK’s speech…

Dante voyages through paradise in nine spheres, there order is the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Fixed Stars. This is a trip through heaven's journey towards the vision of God in the Empyrean, a realm of pure light (The World of Dante). The sun is the home for the theologians and wise men (Digital Dante). At this time, the sun was seen as a symbol of intellectual power and illumination, it could even represent God. This “planet” was perfect for the theologians and wise men…

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…

The moon in Astrology waxes and wanes, representing all of the many different things we as humans feel, in a constant, never ending cycle of New Moon to Full Moon and back again. The Moon represents our empathy, emotions, introspection, and reflection. The Moon represents your subconscious mind, just as the Sun represents your conscious mind. The Moon’s glyph is the alchemy symbol for silver, but obviously it’s something more familiar, which is a crescent moon. It represents the spirit and the…

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, fake. This conspiracy theory claims the moon landing was filmed on a space-like movie set…

Landsat 7 Landsat 7 is a sun-synchronous satellite operated as a joint project between NOSA, NOAA and the US Geological Survey. It continued the US long-term earth observation Landsat program. It have been successfully launched on 15th Aprial 1999 from the Western Test Range of Vandenberg Air Force Base with the altitude of 705 km and revisit time of 16 days. The service time of Landsat 7 is 5 years from July 1999 to October 2014. The detailed characteristic of Landsat 7 as blow Figure 5…

Looking up at the vast night sky, the wonder and excitement of space captivates many people. We wonder what is out there, or who is out there? The Pixar animated film Lifted takes our curiosity and puts it on the big screen. The story focuses on a little teen alien named Stu, as he tries to pass his human abduction exam, graded by Mr. B. Stu attempts to abduct a rural farmer named Ernie. Stu, being an overconfident teen, hilariously messes up the entire abduction, amazingly not waking up Ernie.…

When the shadow of one celestial body, the Moon or another planet in our solar system for example, moves in front of another’s shadow an eclipse takes place. There are several types of eclipses, which all depend on the shadow that is involved. There are three different types of shadows, the umbra, penumbra, and antumbra. Each type of shadow varies by its darkness and position within the full shadow. The umbra is the dark center, the antumbra is the light center, and the penumbra is the light…