Landing craft

“I’m ready for anything, sir,” Trent replied. With that, the troops were dispatched; one faction to the warehouse, the other to the mansion. Trent went with the warehouse unit first in order to help them find it. Since learning of the easier way to approach the warehouse, and no longer afraid of being seen, the soldiers were able to make it to their destination in no time, but Trent still thought they couldn’t possibly be there a moment too soon. Bursting through the back door that Trent…

The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. Earth only sees one face of the Moon at all times because of the Moon's synchronous rotation. This is due to the fact that the Moon rotates on its axis the same amount of time that it takes to complete an orbit around Earth. The current explanation for the formation of the Moon is called the giant impact hypothesis. Which proposes that an object the size of Mars collided with Earth, blasting Earth's outer layers into space. These layers would…

The Cassini mission is managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where the orbiter was designed and assembled. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology. Development of the Huygens Titan probe was managed by the European Space Technology and Research Center, whose prime contractor for the probe is Alcatel in France. Equipment and instruments for the probe were supplied from many countries, including the United States. The Cassini program is a 19-year…

Most war movies fall into the category of heroic tales of glory or different trends such as glamorizing or condemning the war. Saving Private Ryan veers away from the both of those downfalls. Instead of Saving Private Ryan falling into heroic tale of glory, it’s brought along courage and sacrifice. Yet, there is no one hero, and the men come together as one cohesive team. The characteristics were essential for their survival during the war and their quest to find Private Ryan. The D-Day…

Aeronautics and Space Administration. Money could be wasted if it weren 't possible to even land on the moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) would have to make craft launch out of Earths orbit and make sure it safely hits and lands on the moon. On top of that being said, they would have to make the craft before the Soviets do. Otherwise, they would be further behind in the…

The Apollo program was a series of planned manned space flight missions with the ultimate goal of sending a man to the moon, and out matching the Russians. The mission that landed the first people on the moon was Apollo 11. This mission became famous worldwide as people watched the first steps of Neil Armstrong on the television. This momentous event changed the tide of the space race. Showing that America was superior in space technology and programs and showing that the United States was the…

The Cold War started in 1941 was fought on geopolitical tension after world war 2. There was two powers the Eastern Bloc which was the Soviet Union and its satellite states and the Western Bloc which was the United States and its NATO allies. The Eastern Bloc was supporting communism. The western bloc would be supporting capitalism. The Eastern Bloc would contain the countries such as Vietnam, Soviet Union, Korea, Cuba, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lao, and China. The Eastern Bloc was more communism this…

not-so-difficult opposition at Juno, Gold, and Sword beaches, and the Americans faced the same toughness of opposition at the Utah beach. The British had around 28,845 land at Sword beach, with 24,970 landing at Gold beach on June 6th, 1944, with there being around 21,400 Canadian soldiers landing at Juno beach on the same day. The Americans had 23,250 soldiers land at Utah beach. The place where there was tough and heavy opposition for the Americans was at Omaha beach, and at Omaha beach,…

Underwater detonation of 23 kiloton nuclear weapon, 1946 This detonation, known as the Baker Test, was part of Operation Crossroads in Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. A fleet of 95 target vessels was assembled…

1.7.3 Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad Planet Earth Pavilion of Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad The Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad is functioning under the aegis of Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat. Objectives of the Science City are: • To develop a scientific temper • To nurture and stimulate scientific faculties of mind • To promote innovative and experimental activities • To showcase breakthroughs in Science and Technology • To establish a countrywide network…