Man on the Moon: The End of Day

evaluate two sources: JFK’s Last Hundred Days, by Thurston Clarke, is a book detailing the last fourteen weeks of John F. Kennedy’s life. Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership, by Roger D. Launius & Howard E. McCurdy, is a book about the impact of presidential leadership on the space race. Both books hold relevance to my investigation because they contain details of what JFK did to influence the space race during his time in power. JFK’s Last Hundred Days was published by penguin…

also carrying a dog named Laika which was also the first animal to go up in space. At this point into the space race the Soviet Union were way ahead of the United States. Which also brought more competition and tension into the space race. The first man to travel to space was Yuri Gagarin. History was made on April 12, 1961, when he successfully orbited the earth in the Vostok 1. His flight lasted one hour and 48 minutes and as he circled the earth, his speed was about 17,000 mph on the Vostok…

and not heard. However, in The Taming of the Shrew, Kate is anything but those qualities. She is loud and rambunctious. She speaks her mind, and does not let a man tell her what to do. These character traits make her seem less desirable to the majority of the males in the play. However, she ends up being the most tamed of the wives in the end. When Shakespeare first introduces Kate, she is loud and vocal of her thoughts. Her sister, Bianca, is the timid and quiet of the pair, and she is the one…

One day I was sitting in my room trying to do my homework when all of a sudden a bright object flew right by my window and loudly landed in the yard. The noise was really loud, and it scared the living daylight out of me.My parents were on vacation, so at this point, there were many thoughts going through my head like, this is the end of the world, or aliens are invading. I mustered up some strength and carefully walked outside to investigate the bright object. I grabbed my bat, and finally…

violently against the rusty metal poles supporting the structure of the dock. The wind vigorously rattles the harbor. Despite the horror inside me, I continue to walk unconfidently down the dock. The moon is the only paint on the dark canvas of the midnight sky, glistening down on me. I finally reach the end of the dock, and squat down on the edge. I glare down into the dark, murky water. My heart is beating faster than it ever has. It’s pitch black, and I can’t even see a centimeter down into…

As we gaze up to the sky at night, we see the stars shining brightly above us. Constellations may come and go, but the light that shines along with our beloved moon, they will never fail to twinkle. The constellations known to man today may mostly be the Big Dipper, Ursa Major and Minor, Canis Majoris and the Little Dipper. Yet, there are constellations with a beautiful and sometimes, a tragic story to tell. Everyone knows what happens to him or her but, what about the other Greek or Roman…

We Choose to go to the Moon In the early 1960's, the world was beginning to deepen its curiosity about outer space and the other planets and celestial bodies other than the Earth itself. This 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…

now has such a huge meaning to every American. This is the day that President John F. Kennedy was viciously shot, and killed. President Kennedy was riding through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas starting his campaign when he was all of a sudden shot and later died.(“Death Of The President”, 2016) This campaign that President Kennedy was just beginning was a campaign of re election, and this was a campaign of great certainty as well. This man was a very respected and well loved leader of our…

The two main types of lights are the sun and the moon, respectively designated as a greater and a lesser light. One reason the moon may be lesser is because its surface reflects the light of the sun rather than creating light within itself, like the sun. The notion of a greater light and a lesser light is similarly expressed in John 1. Jesus, as the son of God, is the ‘true’ - in meaning perfect and ideal - light. John is a witness to the light, not the light itself, suggesting his figure as a…

War History”). The space race is defined as the period of time in the 50s and 60s where the U.S. and Soviets competed technologically to be the first to get a man on the moon. This space age began on October 4, 1957, when the U.S.S.R. put the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the Earth. As the news hit the U.S. the next day, many Americans were worried that the US had become technologically…