When Lovell first applied to NASA, he was turned down due to a temporary liver condition. Fortunately for him, NASA selected him in his second application as an astronaut in September 1962. He immediately began training in NASA. He had test flight experience before he became an astronaut, meaning he was used to dealing with in-flight problems. This experience would come in handy on Apollo 13. Apollo 13 was the seventh mission in the American Apollo program and the third targeted to land on the…
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…
Stacey: Want to go to the Moon this weekend? I heard they are having some music festival there. Let’s take a trip to space! You: Which moon? Stacey: Ours. I heard Beyonce will be there! You: OMG! Yaaassss! Let’s go! Trip to Space Blue Origin, an aerospace company, released a video that showed a stunning view of the private space trips they plan to offer. The company’s Chief of Mission Assurance and former NASA astronaut, Jeff Ashby, talk about the life changing experience it will be and…
The legend of Alexo began when she was born in Thebes to her slave parents, Agda and Palmer. See when Alexo was just 6 years old she was abandoned by her parents. Even though she was young, she has little memory of the time she spent with her parents. After her abandonment, she was taken in custody of her aunt, Magda. Magda is married to one of the top commander and chiefs of the Greek army, Dorian. Dorian wanted Alexo to grow up to be strong and independent. Therefore, he taught her everything…
Topic C I have a ticket in my hand to go anywhere in the entire world. Where should I go? There are like a million places that I would want to go, but I can only choose one. Am I allowed to get out of this planet on a rocketship? Well that would be great to see the world outside of Earth, but since I am too young to that right now I have decided that this ticket will take me to NASA’s space station in Houston, Texas. I have chosen this particular place because it would be both an adventure and…
Have you ever been going 25,000 mph, fourteen times the speed of a bullet? Apollo 13 was just any old Apollo mission a least to the American people. Apollo 13 was a little mission that was to go to the moon and collect rocks that were fourteen billion years old. The oxygen tank exploded two days into their mission. It exploded because of faulty wiring that is why their mission was a fail. One reason that their mission was a fail was they couldn’t even compete their job. Their job was to…
The Gemini Program was an early NASA human spaceflight program that helped NASA get ready for the Apollo moon landings. Because of the Geminis purpose it has been nicknamed “The Bridge to the Moon.” Ten crews flew missions on the two-man Gemini spacecraft. The Gemini missions were flown in 1965 and 1966. They flew between the Mercury and Apollo programs. All together there are 12 Gemini missions between April of 1965 and November of 1966. The Gemini program was managed by the Manned Spacecraft…
In 1947 a USAF surveillance balloon crash-landed near a Ranch in Roswell, New Mexico but military covered it up with a false story saying that they found an alien spaceship wreckage. What are they hiding from us? In 1947 an event known as the Roswell incident, it was an event when a USAF surveillance balloon crash-land near a Ranch in Roswell, New Mexico but military covered it up so that they won’t have to reveal the true nature of what the surveillance balloon is really for. But soon after the…
“It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.” This means that he does not feel safe in space when the government pays the least for safety equipment. Alan Shepard was an important figure in the field of aviation, because he walked on the moon and was 1 of 7 first astronauts. He was born on November 18, 1923, he was born in New Hampshire, East Derry, his parents are Renza Shepherd and Alan B.…
explored place in the world for a long time. Countries like the U.S and Russia had a long, huge interest of exploring this fascinating place. I believe that the moon has some mysteries yet to be solved. “Houston, the Eagle has landed” is a quote from Neil Armstrong. Were the American moon landings successful or were they just a hoax in American history? For a long time, people have been wondering if American astronauts have ever gone to the moon. Many conspiracy theories have been indicated…