In Coalwood, every boy grew up thinking they were destined to be coal miners and Homer Hickam had no reason to think he'll be any different. Homer had no route out of his predetermined life - until the Soviet Satellite Sputnik flew over the October sky. Inspired by the dawn of space age and Wernher Von, he embarked on a quixotic mission that altered his life forever. October Sky is based on the triumphant story of Homer Hickam. He is a high school student in rural West Virginia where the coal…
Human beings have always dreamed about going to space. Actions were taken early as the 16 century to achieve this dream, when a Chinese official had tried to shoot himself to the moon by attaching forty-seven rockets to a chair and lighting them all at once. Even though some do not believe the story to be true, the dream about travelling to the moon was achieved when Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. Ever since, traveling to Mars has become the next goal. In order to send humans to…
The Normandy landing was the operation that happened on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. Where the Allied troops invaded Normandy in "Operation Overlord" during World War II. Also known as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne attack in history and the most ambitious military assault (History). D-Day was the most important turning point during WWII, requiring much preparation by the US and Allies, excellent execution of the planned attack on D-Day itself, and through the effect it had helped the Allies gain…
Were the Moon Landings real or faked? Were the “Moon Landings” real or were they fictional? Let’s find out, this issue is creating controversy between many Americans nowadays. I’m talking about the “Moon Landings” of 1969, you know that day when all the Americans turned on their televisions to watch this amazing accomplishment. These so called “Moon Landings” were during the time of the Vietnam War.People want to know if this important moment in time was reality or just a lie.…
moon and planted the American flag in its surface. When the Apollo 11 crew returned to Earth, they were seen as heroes. Our knowledge expanded to outer space when man reached the moon and therefore, National Moon Landing Day should be a new official U.S. holiday. National Moon Landing…
Alan B. Shepard Jr. had a very accomplished life. Shepard was born on November 18, 1923, and passed away on July 21, 1998. He excelled in school, and was the first person in space. He also led the Apollo 14 mission to the moon. Along with his great accomplishments, Shepard also had to deal with a fair amount of problems. Shepard was born and raised in East Derry, New Hampshire, where he was very successful in school. He also did odd jobs at the local airfield to learn more about airplanes.…
In John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose to go to the Moon”, there are multiple examples of rhetorical devices throughout the speech. These devices include anaphora, metonymy, and parallelism. When Kennedy says, “no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space”, he is used parallelism to emphasize that space is just as dangerous as anything else, but it is our choice to go. Almost everyone supported this risk taking idea, but the way in how he delivered his words was what gained his support…
Was the moon landing real or fake? On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 supposedly blasted off and landed two men on the moon. Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. The first theory was that the moon landing was real. According to expert, Tom Kemnitz, Armstrong reported that they landed on the moon from the rocket ship sent into space. Armstrong says, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed” from the moon to NASA this supports that the…
Hello, I am Jeremy Romondo and here is the story of my death. The date is January 7th, 1945. I am fighting the genocidal maniacs also known as the Nazis. We were fighting outside of the small town of Rudesheim when we saw a monstrous Sherman Tank on our right flank just over a small hedge of bushes. My battalion leaped under the cover of the foliage to stay out of the vision of the destructive vehicle. We stayed until we knew for sure the tank was clear of our location. My soldiers and I camped…
Robert Goddard made a liquid-fueled rocket, imagination sprang up all through America. Soon NASA came with ideas no one had ever thought to be an option. One of these ideas was Neil Armstrong going to the moon. Leaving our planet was one thing but landing on another was something completely different. Just like no one…