Space Shuttle Challenger

The Columbia Shuttle was the oldest shuttle in the NASA fleet. On January 16, 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle’s 28th mission took place. Eight seconds into the launch a piece of foam insulation broke off from the propellant tank and hit the left wing of the shuttle. The cameras used to capture the launch could not focus accordingly on the shuttle while taking off; crash engineers could not pinpoint exactly where the damage took place. On February 1, 2003 Columbia Shuttle broke down while when…

Ellen Ochoa once said, “Don’t be afraid to reach for the stars,” and she has certainly lived up to the saying. Because of her outer space discoveries and missions as an astronaut, she has not only helped shape Florida history, and that of the continental U.S. as well. She has played a huge role in how hispanic americans have influenced Florida because she defied the odds to become the first female hispanic astronaut, and paved the way for future women and latinos to achieve their goals. `To…

Astronaut Luca Parmitan’s EMU experienced a near life threatening fluid leak during his space walk in 2013. During his spacewalk, Parmitan reported feeling water in his helmet and behind his head. The spacewalk continued up until the water reached his face, making it difficult for him to see and breathe. A photo of the EMU helmet worn by Astronaut Luca Parmitan filling up with water to recreate the leakage. (NASA, 2013) At first, the leakage was thought to have occurred due to a malfunction in…

Superbird Brian Tomlinson Superbird is the story about aliens who come to Earth with a vessel called Superbird. Mary Mount was the only one of the five who had survived. Mary tells her story to a reporter of the Daily Star. They told the reporter on the tragic landing where two of the crew were killed and a badly injured. Mary and Sam ran away, but Sam was shot. Mary ran to a house where she was taken care of. They made friends with people and learned to speak their language. They helped the…

“One hundred years ago during the rebellion a class three vessel, The Revolution, went missing in an uncharted star cluster. A month later they sent a team to find the vessel but instead they found a planet that was able to sustain life and was rich with rare elements that was crucial to winning the war. A colony was placed there to strip the planet bare of these elements. The war was won years later, and the people of the colony were forgotten on a planet dying after years of pollution. And…

qualitative and quantitative, historical data and compare to colleagues in other countries where research is also being completed. An example of this that students could complete is: Analyzing data through pictures (qualitative analysis) Through using space and ground satellites from all over the world, analyzing them using data, and pictures, the researcher can determine…

How would our world react if a meteorite was on a collision course with our planet and there was no chance of it missing us? The answer is simple: the world would return to its roots. The people of our planet would be returning to their homes, embracing their families, worshipping their religion, and praying that a greater power would help us. Proposing that the meteorite suddenly changed its course and missed our planet, how would our world join together through the fear of the event and…

The Orion Shield Project is a project created to develop a stronger new stronger and durable material that can extend the lifecycle of the rocket Shuttle Launch Booster. For this specific project, Gary Allison a former Project Engineer at Scientific Engineering Corporation (SEC), was appointed as Project Manager after graduating with a Ph. D. in mechanical engineering. Gary thought he was ready for the new position and assignment, but the reality was different. He encountered several…

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 article “Committees, Juries, and Teams: The Columbia Disaster and How Small Groups Can Be Made to Work” by James Surowiecki begins by explaining the twenty-eight flight of the space shuttle Columbia. Columbia was hit by a large piece of foam which has been broken off by the left bipod area of the shuttle's external fuel tank. Surowiecki focuses on a narrow strip of the disaster which is how the small group decided that “nothing could be done”(Surowiecki, 475) about the hit and how their…