Moon illusion

When Apollo 13’s crew set out for the moon’s Fra Mauro highlands on April 11, 1970, they had no idea they would soon be fighting for their lives. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise ran into trouble after just over two days in space when an explosion damaged their spacecraft (“Apollo 13”). What started out as an expedition to collect lunar rocks, then turned into a race against the clock. The unexpected explosion triggered an urgent response from mission control, back on Earth.…

In the year 2020, there was a young man named Cooper Armstrong, he is 25 years old and is enlisted in the United States Air Force. His grandfather was Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. He was inspired by his grandfather to become an Astronaut. He had a dream to land on Mars and become the third man on Mars. He had big dreams but no one ever noticed him. Cooper was always picked on in school about being an Astronaut and wanting to become President of the United States. Even now…

This consisted in sending astronauts to the Moon again to create a base there to ultimately send humans to Mars. NASA Administrator, Richard Truly, initiated a study of the options to achieve these goals and came up with the “90-Day Study”. The study estimated that this proposal would cost $500billion…

putting a man on Mars, which they have previously talked about. “In August 2011, NASA created a new department, the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, to plan for post-shuttle human spaceflight, including a potential return to the Moon, and possible exploration of Mars, asteroids, and deep space” (Tomayko). This would be a huge next-step in space exploration, and with the proper funding, humans could be well on their…

Hubble Space Telescope Kush Patel Hour: 1 The Hubble Space Telescope started to be built in 1977 and was launched in April 24, 1990 in space by ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). It was used to gather light from cosmic objects, so scientists can better understand the universe around us. It was also a basic reflector with a 94.5 inch mirror that give astronomers a clear view of the universe in visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light. The…

Introduction Prologue I looked beyond the clear dome that sheltered and protected our people for almost two decades. My eight-year-old face pressed against the glass in astonishment. I was thankful that our unit happened to be at the edge of the West Division. I could observe space forever. It boggled my young mind that our dome could levitate. I would examine the planet, Earth. It was the size of a standard grapefruit from the distance. Earth looked depressing. I was glad I didn’t live there.…

on the Moon. Astronaut Eugene Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 when he became the last man to walk on the moon. On December 11 1972, Cernan navigated the lunar module named Challenger to land on the Valley of Taurus-Littrow on the Moon. At the time, he knew that future moon missions had been cancelled, but when he died in 2017, he still couldn't quite believe that no astronaut had been back. It had been too long. In 1972, Apollo 17 launched what would be NASA’s last trip to the moon. Cernan…

Morgan Salone US History Mr.Robinson May 17, 2015 The Moon Landing “10…9…8…7…6…5...4…3…2...1…0 All engines running and lift off,”(Armstrong) said by the announcer of the 1969 liftoff of APOLLO 11. In July of 1969, America sent the first humans to walk on the moon. Three Astronauts Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were on the mission named Apollo 11. The Saturn 5 rocket was the launch vehicle they used and it was and…

This paper looks at how Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Andre Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) make art cinema out of the popular genre of science fiction. Of particular interest is the representation of extraterrestrial space and how it is used to explore key concerns of science fiction, including the relation of humans to technology, humans to aliens, and the present to the future. This paper focuses on the different ways that Kubrick and Tarkovsky construct environments to shape…

decided, after analyzing some data from researches, that the moon was dry. Years later, they got to the conclusion that there was a presence of water, just that they didn’t know what its origin was. Looking for a cause, they thought it was the falling comets that left some of their carrying water in the Earth’s satellite, based on pictures taken. Nowadays, with the development of new technology and better resources to gather information in the Moon, they understood what could be an unknown…