Moons of Jupiter

SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH, CHALLENGER National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reviewed the first reusable space shuttle in 1976. One of these shuttles was scheduled to launch in 1986, Jan 28. The weather conditions on that day were not conducive for the event as it was too cold to launch the Challenger. As a result the launch was delayed as they were people who were not sure if it would normally launch without any problem given the fact that weather conditions were not conducive. At…

she is gazing into a crystal ball (the moon). In the middle of all this wizardry, there is another collision: a love triangle. There are two men standing in the streets and a woman in the middle dressed like a princess. The most interesting collision of all, however, is the eye in the middle of the poster that is staring at the audience. This eye starts from right under the chin of the witch and above the fog below in a circle curved around the poster. The moon can be seen as the retina and the…

life. What I was looking for wasn’t another teacher, guru, or guide, I have been to lots of those, I needed people in my everyday life who accepted me, supported me, and built up my spirit. I needed people in my life that I could dance under the full moon with, talk about energy, connect to nature with, and share my soul with. I needed my Tribe. Call To Your Tribe But how does one go about finding their tribe when they have no idea who they are and where to find them? The answer to this was…

John Glenn was one of the first American astronauts, and also the first American, to orbit the big Earth. John Glenn is a person that showed all of the characteristics that an American male would have have. John Glenn always knew what things to say and when to say it. Everyone that John Glenn approached or was approached by was treated with respect. John Glenn worked hard and did everything that he could do to help the space program. I think of John Glenn as the glue that kept the whole team of…

challenge. The president’s challenge was to put a man on the moon. With this the United States could be victorious in the space race. Apollo 11 would show that the borders of reality could be pushed, anything was possible. The goals Apollo 11 was much more than just to win the space race. It was to explore and document unknown territory. To accomplish this Apollo 11 had a few goals. Goal one was to safely transport astronauts to the moon and back. This was especially important because the…

The Ariane 5 Programming Failure In 1996, a European rocket ship called the Ariane 5 was into space from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, Guyane, a small French territory on the northeast coast of South America, only to swerve off course and then explode a mere 40 seconds later. An investigation by independent committee was launched (hehe) approximately one week later, to determine the cause and assess the appropriateness of testing, as well as to make recommendations to fix the problem and…

Rebekah Anne Lay The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy By: Douglas Adams Comedy- Science fiction FICTION Plot Summary- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is about an alien named “ Ford Prefect” that is posing on Earth as an out of work actor to do research to make the book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and when the world is about to be destroyed he tells his friend “Arthur Dent” that he is an alien and that he has been posing on Earth to make a book and only minutes from the planet…

Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, states, “Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand” (“Brainy Quote”). John F. Kennedy was one of the most beloved presidents. The public loved and is very interested in him and his family. However, the public is even more interested in his murder and what really happened on November 22, 1963. The mystery behind John F. Kennedy’s assassination can be summed up in two theories: Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone…

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The mission carried three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, to the Moon. The first steps on the Moon were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, with Michael Collins commanding the module. The Apollo 11, the first manned Moon landing, had a significant effect on America, changing its culture and carving…

Apollo 13 the “Successful Failure” How did the failure of Apollo 13 actually help NASA in some ways? This essay will show how and why the failure led to later success for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Apollo 13 was an interesting exploration for many reasons: the astronauts in space, Apollo spacecraft, and the difficulties during the exploration. First of all, this paper will tell all about the astronauts, and the responsibilities they had on the mission. Secondly, the…