Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. They are the U.S. government agency responsible for science and technology related to air and space(Dunbar, NASA.gov). NASA was created in 1958 at the beginning of the Cold War with the goal winning the Space Race (Sandra, NASA.gov). The Space Race started in 1957, when the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite. They won the Space Race by getting a man to the moon first (Barry, history.nasa.gov). After Neil Armstrong walked on the…

the loss of lives in the space shuttle Challenger launch in…

build space vehicles? What is the first thing that comes to your mind? Most people would say space shuttles, but the truth of the matter is there is more to space vehicles than just the space shuttles. In fact there are a total of eight different types of space vehicle classifications. Let’s take a look at the eight different types and why we should continue to develop space vehicles a little closer. For the last 3 years of my military career, I worked in the U.S. Army’s only space…

Space: is something that has always fascinated humanity, from astronomers in ancient Greece to trillion dollar corporations today. Humanity has made incredible advancements in the space program since its conception. From putting men on the moon to having a space station the size of a football field which regularly houses astronauts from all around the world. Now there is talk of in the future having people living on Mars. Space exploration has been rapidly growing ever since it was started in…

The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in January 1986 was a public relations nightmare for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Challenger crisis got out of hand and NASA was accused of attempting to impose “news blackout”, which is the censoring of any news related to the event in mass media.…

United States to the lunar mission of getting a man on the moon by 1970. Even though President Kennedy was assassinated and did not get to witness the event, the mission of the Apollo 11 attained his dream. The Saturn V spacecraft took off from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, with the three man team of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin Jr. The mission had one main goal, which was to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. On July 20, 1969, Neil…

Final Frontier: US government funding manned space flight missions I have always wondered how stars would look like from a different planet. The universe around us is unknown and undiscovered. Investigating space could reveal answers to being alone in the universe. Governments all around the world want the achievement of space exploration. The US government should continue to fund manned space flight missions because it could lead to further research on space, the colonization of other planets,…

Chawla completed an aeronautical engineering degree at Punjab Engineering College, before pursuing further studies in the US. After joining NASA, she became both the first Indian-American and the first Indian woman in space. Despite her death in the tragic Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, her determination and curiosity ensure that she still remains an inspiring figure for the next generation of young engineers. 5. Bill Nye Mechanical Engineering, Cornell…

The 2000 Presidential election was the first time George W. Bush ran for president. He ran against Dick Cheney and won. The electoral votes were 271-266 with George having more. This was a significant election because it was the 4th election in all of American history where the candidate that had more electoral votes did not have more popular votes. In the 2008 Presidential Election first time candidate Barack Obama went against John McCain. Obama was the democratic candidate and John was the…