Mars Blackmon

Since the first close-up picture of Mars was obtained in 1965, there have been significant endeavours undertaken to explore the ‘Red Planet’ (National Geographic, n.d.). In particular, a number of successful missions have taken place over the last two decades and provided valuable information about Mars. 1996 - Mars Global Surveyor In 1996, the Mars Global Surveyor mission and the Mars Pathfinder mission were launched. The Mars Global Surveyor arrived at Mars on September 12 1997, becoming the…

had a number of astronauts walk on the moon, but what about mars? The idea of a manned-mission to mars has intrigued thousands of minds, but like me, lots have turned it down. I don’t think a manned-mission to mars is a good idea, due to physical, logical, and financial needs. Undeniably, a mission to mars would be too physically challenging. First, adapting to the climate would cause trouble. For example, the average temperature on mars is -61 degrees Fahrenheit. Since the average temperature…

There have been many magnificent space missions. NASA was the one who prepared all the needs for the spacecraft so they could complete their missions. Mars Rover Spirit and Opportunity, Apollo 11, and Freedom 7 discovered and accomplished some great things. These missions helped scientists learn about things in outer space. They changed our world by giving us valuable information about different planets and galaxies today. All these space missions sacrificed astronauts lives and lots of money.…

movie “The Martian” the main character Mark Watney (Matt Damon) faces many problems. Watney is stranded on Mars, impelled with an antenna, does not have enough food to stay on Mars and does not have any communication to NASA. Watney and his crew had been on a mission on Mars when they had discovered a storm was coming causing them to abort the mission. As they had been getting ready to leave Mars the storm him making it hard for them to see. As they made an effort to leave a satellite hit…

Veronica climbed into the big bed, jeans off, and pulled the big, soft blanket to her chin. The lights were soft in Logan’s room, she’d never noticed that before. The rest of the world was this harsh, unforgivable place, lighting up her weak spots with hot, bright lights, but there, Veronica almost felt safe. She smiled to herself in his bed; she’d confronted her best friend’s killer there, she shook her head. But that was how she was, that was who she was- what had Logan said? The bravest…

*In The Mountains* Allen sat up with Bryce and Logan as everyone else turned in for the night, he had so many unanswered questions that he needed closure on. After his girlfriend had turned out to be evil he couldn’t be to sure. “So” he started, fiddling with a piece of string in his hands “where are your mentors?” he asked. “Lost him in a fire in Baltimore after the Larks crashed our safe house” Logan answered with a sad smile “Lonnie picked me up from there, its how I found out Ellie was…

“You know, your dog seriously misses the core concept of fetch. For me to throw it again, he has to give it up; every time.” Giving up, Wallace turned back to Veronica. “And what was that? V. Mars, the writer, rises from the dead? You realize, I can’t be your editor anymore, right? Proofreading that one story with the murdered best friend still gets me choked up; Weevil’s spell-checking your next project. But you should be writing again, that’s…

Sojourner Truth was one of the few women to take a white man to court at the time. She went through countless beating as a child for not learning english. She had her feet frose in the winter a s punishment. She has marks from a severe beating for no reason. Truth endored and accomplished many things throughout her life like being separated from her family, cruel punishment, and fighting for the rights of others Sojourner Truth was separated from friends and family throughout her early life.…

Isabelle Baumfree was born into slavery in Ulster, New York, 1797. She was one of 12 kids in her family. When she was 46 she changed her name to Sojourner Truth. Her parents were James and Sojourner Truth. She mainly spoke dutch. The family’s owner was Colonel Hardenbergh. Later Sojourner was sold to John Neely a slave owner know to be violent. At the Neely farm most people called her Belle. Sojourner married a man named Robert from a neighboring farm. They had two daughters.…

Erin knocked on the door, using her other hand to fix Logan's hair from the wind. "Erin!" Bonnie screamed, opening the door, "And of course, Mr. Logan Roberts." "Nice to see you, mom. Sorry about the accent, it's slipping," Erin remarked, as she realized her southern accent was being replaced by a Midwestern one. "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Granger," Logan snuck in. "Come on in, y'all. We're all just talking," Bonnie said, and the two entered. ------ "So how do you like my parents?" Erin asked, as…