Neil Armstrong

"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard...” Those are the famous words spoken by President John F. Kennedy during his speech at Rice University. Kennedy uttered these words during the height of the Space Race. The Space Race is defined as the time period where the Soviet Union and the United States were fighting to see who could get man up into space first. Both nations also had their…

Megan Wavering EGL 102-52 10 December 2014 Research Paper Up, Up and Away “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” This quote from Neil Armstrong as he set foot on the moon as the first human ever to do so, was not only a significant moment for America, but for the entire world. In movies such as Armageddon, WALL-E and most recently, Interstellar: Viewers are transported into a world of fear where the survival of the human race depends on space technology and exploration…

View From Above More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination. — Wilbur Wright: one of the first men to experience the sense of flying ~ ~ ~ Looking down, I see the fields of the Snohomish Valley. I see the twisting, glistening river as it flows out towards the sound. I see the roads lit with the reflections of the sun on the…

Huntsville Museum of Art, a befitting location as the Huntsville Museum of Art is located near the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The central theme of the painting depicts astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing next to the American flag as capered by Neil Armstrong. Moonwalk ties into the era of pop art that started in the United States in the late 1950's. Screen printing, which really is a form of stenciling, has been used by early civilizations; like the cave dwellers who used their hands as a…

UFO's AND ALIENS: I think the government and NASA are keeping the truth about life outside our planet hidden from society. How can we be so arrogant and think that we here on earth are the only living beings in this gigantic universe with billions of stars galaxies, suns, solar systems and planets. Everyday there are sightings all over the world by citizens, commercial pilots, and military personnel. I think we have been visited and offered help to benefit mankind with technologies that can…

Man Takes First Steps on the Moon Purpose: The purpose of this text is to inform people that the Apollo eleven moon landing was a success, to explain its significance in the course of human kind, and to relay how the first steps were taken. Also to give insight into the perspective of how people from around the world viewed the landing. Rhetorical Triangle: The subject of this text is the Apollo eleven mission and events of the moon landing. A writer from Times of London is the speaker. On the…

What does the government really tell me? Is Area 51 real? Was 9/11 planned by the government? What’s the mandela effect? How does it happen? These are all questions you might ask yourself, but what do they all have in common? Good morning/afternoon Ms. Bozzelli and fellow classmates today I will be talking to you about conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are theories that are made by people with evidence backing it up. A lot of conspiracy theories are about the U.S. government hiding…

days later are in lunar orbit. A day after they enter the Moons orbit it’s time for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to start descending to the moon’s surface. At exactly 4:18 p.m. EDT, the lunar module lands. They announce that they have landed and about 6 hours later are ready to step out onto the moon. At exactly 10:56 p.m. EDT Armstrong and Aldrin are prepared. While being filmed live on national television, Armstrong climbs down the ladder with his famous quote, “That’s one small step for a…

Lovell was joined by pilots like Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, John Young and Pete Conrad and this group would provide the core of astronauts for the Gemini program. Gemini was the 2-man precursor to sending men to the Moon and a necessary program in terms of testing the intricacies of not…

Moon Landing Hoax Anyone that was alive in 1969 are often asked where they were during the first moon landing and for those people, it is terrifying to think that the things we recognize as historical, groundbreaking events could have been planned or staged by the government. The Apollo 11 moon landing was viewed by 600 million people who were amazed by it at the time. America had beat Russia in the race to the moon! Although, modern technology has been able to take a closer look at all of the…