Moon

Kennedy set a goal for the program: “perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth” (Loff). On July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launched and 4 days later millions watched as Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz’ Aldrin became the first men to step foot on the moon. But was this…

putting a man on the moon. His speech encouraged the U.S. Congress to appropriate more funding to put a man safely on the moon before the decade was over. As Kennedy stated, “I therefore ask the Congress, above and beyond the increases I have earlier requested for space activities, to provide the funds which are needed to meet the following national goals: First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and…

dream-like quality and its many references to dreams. Shakespeare, a master of metaphor, emphasizes the fluid nature of reality in his use of the sky. While it is tempting to analyze Shakespeare’s references to individual aspects of the sky (e.g., the moon), Shakespeare alludes to so many features of the sky or the heavens, that it becomes apparent that all individual components of the sky serve to inform one many-layered metaphor. For the audience, this multi-layered metaphor creates the…

Cook June 30th, 2016 Brookline College NEIL ARMSTRONG 2 Neil Armstrong Born August 5th, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Neil Armstrong to this day is one of our most known historical figures (Dunbar, n.d.). Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon; he took that step on July 20th, 1969 (history.com staff, 2010). On that day one of the most famous quotes were spoken, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for humanity” (Neil Armstrong). At a young age Neil earned his pilot’s…

on to do something that no other human had ever done, they would walk on the moon. These American’s manning Apollo 11 impacted people everywhere by, teaching more about science, inspiring future space exploration, boosting American pride, and proving to humans that anything is possible. One of the most important things to realize is, the Apollo…

Scientists believe that at one time Venus had a moon. They believe that it was “slammed” early, and a piece of it was possibly a moon that drifted away. However, Venus does interact with our moon. Venus appears to be nearby our moon in the night sky and is the brightest object in the night sky besides our moon. It’s so bright that it’s known as the “Morning Star” and “Evening Star”, because it can be seen at night and occasionally…

on the Moon eagerly watching a television, and the Moon resembles a space helmet looking deep into space (Block 40). To…

Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon in a lander named "Eagle." They were the first people to land on the moon. Collins did not land. He circled the moon in the Apollo capsule. After they landed, Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon. Armstrong took the first step on the moon. He said, "That's one small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong and Aldrin spent more than two hours outside their spacecraft on the moon. They studied the surface. They collected…

Uranus has many moons and cold temperatures with its average temperature being -216 degrees Celsius. The planet has a much longer orbit than the earth. Uranus also has a large figure and as stated earlier, it is the 3rd largest planet. There has only been one spacecraft to Uranus, which was Voyager 2 on this mission, NASA collected important details about Uranus and other planets as well. The planet Uranus has the third most amount of moons with 27 moons. 10 of those moons were discovered by…

Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He was an astronaut who flew, in two space missions. One was the Apollo 11 the mission that he landed on the moon. Neil was also an engineer, a pilot and a college professor. And also flew in the korean war as a jet fighter. Neil Armstrong had a wife named Janet Sharon. Neil was born on august 5,1930. When Neil was a kid he loved to build and play with model planes. He had almost one hundred model planes in his room.Neil wasn’t an…