Moon landing

Between being the 152nd human to visit space and being the representative for his electoral district for over 5 years, Marc Garneau has had a decorated life. Two dates were extremely important in Marc Garneau’s life: October 5th 1984 and October 19th 2007. The first, the day he went into space onboard of the American space shuttle Challenger and the second, the day he became the official candidate for the Canadian Liberal Party in the district of Westmount—Ville-Marie. Mr. Garneau once stated…

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or JPL, is a federally funded research and development center that managed by CalTech and works closely with NASA. It functions to build and operate planetary spacecraft, and uses these spacecraft to orbit the earth and carry out missions in space. JPL is responsible for running NASA’s Deep Space Network by utilizing three telescopes to provide a view of space and communicate with space stations. JPL Robotics also created the Curiosity Rover, currently on Mars. This…

In 1958, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. We were in the middle of the Vietnam War. We still only had one type of television. It was the box T.V. Our radio system was a little box radio with a long antenna. Fashion for ladies in 1958 was big poofy dresses and curled up hair. Red lipstick and thick eyeliner. Men would wear dress pants. Dress shirts under their buttoned up coats and bow ties. Always dress shoes, never anything else. Fedoras as well. In 1958 they launched spacecrafts into space.…

NASA Genesis Mission Failure Andrew Slimmon SID: 200365261 University of Regina 1.0: Introduction On August 8, 2001, the Genesis probe was launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida with the primary objective of retrieving samples of solar wind to be returned to Earth. These samples were intended to provide data including the chemical and isotopic composition of solar wind, which would help scientists understand how our solar system was formed(reference). When the probe’s drogue parachute failed to…

Everyday 160 billion tonnes of water flow in and out of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, more than 4 times the combined flow of all the world’s rivers. Every day an estimated 7000 MW of potential energy flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy. The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia is home to the world’s highest tides. Across the world, the average difference between low tide and high tide is 1 m, but along the Bay of Fundy the tides can increase the water level by up to 17 m. What accounts for such…

how much we’re about to learn, thanks to New Horizons. Next week, the spacecraft will be closer than it’s ever been to the ex-planet. Journalist are personifying the planet when captioning photos taken of it and its moons. For example, one photo was captioned “Pluto Poses with Largest Moon in Family Photo”, giving the planet the skills of a model. Space exploration is becoming more and more popular with the use of social media. Instagramers are seeing and pointing out shapes they recognize on…

night so the moon relies on the sun to set and rise during a certain time in the hemisphere 2.The seasons result from the 23.5-degree tilt of the Earth's axis combined with its revolution around the sun 3.The Moon's and Sun's gravitational pulls on Earth are responsible for this natural phenomenon creating the tides. Tides occur because the Moon's gravity decreases with distance from the Moon. 4. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is positioned directly between the Sun and the Moon and…

People have been fascinated with the stars ever since the beginning of time. Our first manned mission to the moon was Apollo 11. It was a highlighted moment in history when the impossible was accomplished. Now our mission is to find a planet that supports life. NASA thinks Mars can do this. This will not happen for decades unless NASA gets more funding. While space exploration creates pollution, more funding from the government would greatly improve NASA's progression in space exploration…

Once upon a time there was a happy couple, Neptune and Uranus. The two were the happiest of planets, they did everything together. Uranus and Neptune were inseparable. The two had similar day lengths, so all the other planets called them perfect. Every morning they were the first thing each other saw. The two had met 2 billion years ago, and since then they have been together. Uranus, is an icy planet, that easily gets mad, Neptune is a smaller rocky planet, that was super sweet. Everyone in the…

a lot of things before anyone else we should be the first ones to go to the moon by the end of the 1960s. While the moon is still there, we could still go. That generation is ready for anything, that they have knowledge, skill, etc. He thinks that we would accomplish more if we go to the moon. They also have a great budget, And to not be in the last place like always he want's to be first. They set a goal to go to the moon this generation to have more skill, be prepared, and accomplish that…