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On April 11, 1970, so then Apollo 13 blasted off into space from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The 3 astronauts called Lovell, Haise, and Swigert was strapped inside their compact spacecraft, which was perched atop of a 360-foot-tall rocket packed with millions of pounds of fuel to fly into space. The mission was to land on the moon and explore a hill section called Fra Mauro. Also, gather samples of the moon’s sandy dirt and 4-billion-year-old rocks. After 2 days since the launch of the…

The Saturn V, a sixty-ton rocket, launched on July 16, 1969, with the astronauts in-cluding Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong. (McConnel, 24). Exactly three days and fifty-eight minutes into the launch, the shuttle finally entered into lunar orbit around the moon.…

The Martian- Summary In the novel, The Martian, written by Andy Weir, is based upon an astronaut and botanist called Mark Watney. The novel is about Mark doing everything he could to survive using his remarkable knowledge, meanwhile having to bear the worst-case scenarios going through his head, hard labor, problems after problems and the most painful, loneliness. This novel not only contains scientific facts and humor, but also being genuine or realistic, which brought many lessons to learn…

“Houston, we have lift off” For thousands of years people have wondered what is beyond our planet in the night sky. Is it just stars? Are there planets outside of our home, Earth? The answer is yes not only are there planets, but moons, stars, galaxies and other solar systems. Thanks to great astronomers such as Galileo, Copernicus , Johannes Kepler, Edwin Hubble and many other great minds we have made these ground-breaking discoveries. Not until the latter half of the 20th century did we…

the last couple of decades. To be more specific, orbital debris is what this paper will mostly look at because that is mostly man-made objects that we have propelled into space and left there for years. These objects such as retired satellites and rockets orbit around in the low earth orbit. Since no country or nation has really attempted to take their old technologies out of orbit, there has been an increased risk of collisions associated with the small fragments that get broken off from the…

Textual Analysis of “Race to the Moon” Speech I have chosen to do a textual analysis about a speech made by John F. Kennedy, known as the “Race to the Moon” speech. President Kennedy delivered his speech at Rice University in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1962. Kennedy used many rhetorical features to convince his audience that they should support his already made decision to competitively enter the race with the world, particularly with the Soviet Union, and to help America see the benefits…

curiosity quickly evolved into a competition for the superpowers of the world to put a man on the moon. The United States of America, was determine not to lose that race. President John F. Kennedy gave his most famous speech at Rice University in Houston Texas on September 12, 1962 announcing that his intentions as leader of our country were to come out victorious in this space race with the Soviets. President Kennedy stated multiple times that his goal was to put a man on the moon by the end of…

EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) v. Abercrombie and Fitch Stores, Inc. was a case where the EEOC sued Abercrombie because the company refused to give a job to a woman named Samantha Elauf because of her head scarf. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc is a national chain of clothing stores that requires its employees to follow the “Look Policy” that reflects the Store’s style and forbids black clothing and any sort of caps. It claimed that the company violated Title Vll of the civil…

Across the country people were glued to their screens to witness the historic launch. It was 9:32 A.M. on July 16, 1969, (Redd Apollo 11: First Men on the Moon) when Apollo 11 took off from Cape Kennedy. The rocket used on this mission was called the Saturn V, which was a rocket with three stages. After each stage was finished the fuel compartment would drop which was used to access to the next compartment. For the Apollo 11 mission, the third stage was the Columbia. The Columbia is a command…

ending the season Lin was quite arguably the most exciting and popular player in the league. The only problem is Lin hasn't made that big an impact on the league since 2012 and the "Linsanity" craze didn't follow him from New York to the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and Charlotte Hornets. Lin continued to put up numbers similar to his career average of 11.8 points per game along with 4.1 assists per contest nothing spectacular and far from All-Star…