Samuel C. Armstrong

It's October of 1957, and Sputnik “each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which was the first satellite to be placed in orbit.” has just launched, and we're at the applied physics lab associated It is Monday morning and all the news just talk about this satellite that’s now orbiting the planet. In the lab there are all of the physics geeks who are thinking that’s thing is incredible. Two of the researchers at the cafeteria table chatting with their colleagues, they…

April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Newspapers like The Huntsville Times (right) trumpeted Gagarin's accomplishment. Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space less than a month later. The first cooperative human…

NASA “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Those where famous astronaut Neil Armstrong’s words when he stepped foot on the moon. However, that was only the first step in space exploration. There is no telling what the limits out there are beyond earth. Who sends people to outer space and the moon you might ask? Well, NASA does, they are experts in studying beyond earth. People at NASA are hard working men and women just like everyone else. All that needs to be done, is…

Known for her unbelievable work and dedication, an Australian singer-songwriter, who has started her career as a singer in the local Adelaide acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. This talented extraordinary women has worked with and written songs for celebrities such as: Beyoncé, Rhianna, Ne-Yo, Katy Perry, Celine Dion, Brittney Spears, and Birdy. She is well known for her hit single “chandelier” and the heart touching music she’s written for other celebrity’s. Although she’s a very…

you ever wondered how people land a spaceship, well it’s not as easy as it looks and neil Armstrong and his crew knows how hard it is one day on july 20, 1969 at kennedy space center, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins was getting ready for the day they never forget. the 3 men have a job from nasa the president j.f.k want them to be the first men to walk on the moon Practice . Neil armstrong, buzz aldrin,and michael collins have been practicing for the day they never forget,…

missions, Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the moon and accomplished what no other person could do because he was brave, able to handle extreme situations, highly trained, and experienced with air and spacecraft. Growing up, Neil gained experience and education with piloting aircraft. Aeronautics were very important and interesting to him as a child. He obtained his pilots license before he could drive a car (Shorn). Armstrong’s education provided a basis…

Louis Armstrong, he was a very important artist during his time. He is is now like a symbol of the music. He start to play when he was very young. As in Source 6 says “at the age of eleven, Armstrong began to develop interest in music,.. Joe “King” Oliver, invite him and moved to Chicago”(Source 6-1) he starts to show interest for music in an early age and when Oliver invited him to go and play with him he accepted and there is where his career started. Armstrong technically changed the way…

Many people believe in conspiracies and theories that can be true but most likely are not. The face on Mars is one of those conspiracies. Many people believe the face on Mars is a sign of alien life. It is a natural landform and there are many reasons why. There are no actual markings of life, it is similar to a Martian mesa, and our images can never be 100% accurate so illusions or other things are possible. Once the first image was revealed many people said there were no markings due to it…

“Live with no excuses and love with no regrets.”- Montel, and as two tragedies struck on a great morning with high hopes. We can only reflect on the who, what, how, where, and why(s) of yesterday. The Three Mile catastrophe and The Challenger Space Shuttle Launch has forever stained the picture we possess about mistakes in lack of cautionary actions. In addition, two men wrote memos to prevent these tragic outcomes; Dr. Hallman a manager at the TMI power plant in Ohio, about the Three Mile…

During the 1960s to early 1970s, Project Apollo sought out to explore the moon. Apollo 11 achieved this goal when Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon and said, "That's one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind." Landing on the moon was a major milestone for “mankind,” but was not the only goal of Apollo. New spacecrafts were invented such as the command module, the service module, and the lunar module. Procedures for getting to the moon and exploring its surface were…