Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in response to the Soviet Unions launch of it’s first satellite, Sputnik I. From that day year forward, NASA began working on missions and took man where they have never been before. In the recent years, they have also began missions that will be able to get humans to other planets. They will continue to work on these missions and get man to where they have never been before in the future. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first artificial…

Moon Shadow tells the reader about how his dad works next to golden mountain doing laundry and some of the money he makes goes back to his mother and him. Then one day his cousin comes to them and asks Moon Shadow's mother if Moon Shadow can go work with his dad to help make more money so goes to San Francisco. Moon Shadows goes on a boat with his cousin hand clap to San Francisco but when they get to San Francisco it was not what Moonshadow expected they were nowhere near the golden mountain.…

Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio on August 5, 1930 (Nasa Administrator). In 1947 Armstrong received the USA scholarship navy and he entered the Purdue University to study aeronautical engineering study. After a year, the U.S. Navy called him to active duty and he became a Navy pilot (Neil Armstrong Biography). In 1950 he was sent to the Korean War. (Neil Armstrong Biography). Neil was the youngest pilot aboard the USS Essex. Neil…

Moon: Theia Impact or “Big Splash” Theory: When in Earth was still in a molten state, an impactor (Theia) collided with the still forming Earth. Debris and magma that separated from the original body is believed to have congregated and formed into our moon, remaining in its “parent’s” orbit. (Most Plausible Explanation) Fission Theory: Chunk of magma separated from Earth in early formation stages. Pacific ocean basin is said to be where material was removed. Capture Theory: The moon was formed…

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” This quote by Neil Armstrong marked the end of the Space Race. The space race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to see who could land a man on the moon first. It originally began as an arms race to build destructive missiles. But over the years, the main objective has changed. Even though the competition lasted a little more than a decade, it led to major contributions to the exploration of space. After World…

special mission put on by NASA was launched. It was on this day that three soon to be famous astronauts would make their marks in the history books. On July 16, 1969 , Apollo 11 was launched. The spacecraft carried Commander Neil A. Armstrong , Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin, Jr. Two of the three would soon go on to do something that no other human had ever done, they would walk on the moon. These American’s manning Apollo 11 impacted…

beneficial, when you are doing this you are using symbols. What comes to mind when you hear scar, red candle, and moon lady. Just hearing those words can sound like nonsense, but one must look deeper than the surface to fully understand. Scar; an artifact that reminds and individual of a painful experience. The word scar has a different meaning to An-Mei this was one of the saddest days she had experienced during her childhood. Scar meant a door that she thought was forever closed. When An-Mei…

child in the film is brought by his father and grandpa to clean the moon. From the beginning, the father and grandpa argue how the child should wear his hat. The father wears his hat cocked downwards while the grandpa wears his hat tilted upwards. Another conflict between the father and grandpa is how to clean the moon (grandpa uses an old fashioned broom and the father a sweeping broom). At one point, a huge star falls on the moon and both of them work together to try and pry it out. The…

years between 1960s and 1970s society experienced great loss and pride. The Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination, and the Apollo 11 Moon landing accurately depict the 1960s as and age of loss and gain. In the 1960s, NASA landed the first man on the moon. Before Americans could successfully travel to space NASA had to build a functioning rocket and find…

There are many ways elements of the universe correlate to man-made matters, such as keeping time or organizing events, in a systematic manner. A common method of maintaining events and time in order is by the use of a calendar; a chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, or giving particular seasonal information. Not all calendars are arranged identically, as events and holidays can fall on different days each year, and time can be measured by different…