This coat of arms is made to represent Ender Wiggin. In the novel, Ender’s Game, Ender Wiggin is a brave leader, a genius, and the general of a space army. The symbols represent each of those characteristics in some way. In the top left corner, there’s a crown, the symbol of a leader or king. When people have crowns bestowed upon them, one of their duties inherently becomes leading the army of whatever nation the person has been out in command of. Ender’s Game was a chronology of Ender becoming…
Sitting with my fellow graduates at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Space Camp, I listened intently as Astronaut Story Musgrave spoke briefly about his phenomenal life. Musgrave never graduated from high school, instead he left his family’s dairy farm in Massachusetts to serve his country by joining the United States Marines. Serving as an aircraft electrician, engine mechanic, pilot, and parachutist, he excelled during his tour in Korea. For thirty years, he worked as an astronaut for NASA…
John W. Young Our country is filled with interesting people, one of these people is Astronaut John W. Young, also known as John Watts Young. John Young was selected by NASA to be an astronaut in the September of 1962, thus beginning his long career. Young has been on many flights including Gemini 3 on March Twenty-third, 1965 , this was the first Gemini mission to be manned. On July 18, 1966, launched Gemini 10 carrying Young and another astronaut named Michael Collins. The primary purpose of…
There are many famous people who you may not know that was a veteran. When you think of veterans you normally think of ordinary people like you and I. Many famous veterans that served for the United States are people who you know as doing something else extraordinary. Extraordinary things veterans have done and you and I know is Neil Armstrong. You probably know him as the first man to walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong was a veteran in the Korean War. The veteran the I will be telling you about…
universe reveals to us at present, and explore space as never before in a fraction of the time it would have. SpaceX have also introduced new rockets designs. Their Falcon 9 rocket has run 5 missions in the last 4 months to the international space station. The Dragon spacecraft is the only rocket today that's able to carry significant amounts of cargo. Their new design, the Falcon Heavy is currently under production but it’s been suggested that it “can lift more than twice the payload of the…
It goes without saying that any marijuana enthusiast knows more about space than the average person. A mind opened by THC is much more susceptible to in taking a wealth of intellectual thoughts and ideas. That may or may not be true, but it's definitely fun to look at the stars when you're high. Snoop Dogg knows that and then some. SNOOP DOGG NARRATES PLANET EARTH Step aside David Attenborough, Snoop Dogg is coming for your job. The rapper released his own "Planet Earth" on Mashable the other…
The Opportunity Rover and it’s twin the Spirit Rover received their names from a nine year old, Sofi Collis. She won the naming contest that NASA held (with help from Planetary Society and sponsorship from lego) to find a name for the rovers exploring Mars. Sofi Collis got adopted at the age of two. She came to live with her new family in Scottsdale, Arizona. "I used to live in an orphanage," Collis wrote in her winning essay. "It was dark and cold and lonely. At night, I looked up at the…
The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) is another base providing a suitable habitat for simulations and research (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation). The geography at this isolated location in Hawaii is exceptionally similar to that on Mars. Additionally, synonymous with conditions on Mars, the area is largely clear of plants and animals (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation). The soil near this Hawaiian base contains minerals also found in Martian…
According to Space.com, Walter Cunningham and the people of his crew, did not get honored with NASA’s biggest award, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. Apollo 7 was the first manned Apollo mission, but they did not get awarded with this award until forty years later. The mission was at 1968, and the crew got the award at Oct 17, 2008. I can connect with him because I usually don’t get recognition if I do something good in the house. According to NASA he majored in physics. I find physics…
Flight has always been exciting to me and from childhood I always wanted to be an astronaut. Over time my interests have evolved, but at the center of it all is flight, the mystique behind man-made flying machines is one I have never been able to get rid of. This has been a great motivator while working to keep good grades, and study the. In earning a degree in Engineering I can gain a position in the aviation industry. The movie Apollo 13 further sparked my interest in spaceflight, I began…