Spaceflight

France A. Córdova is an astrophysicist and the 14th director of the $7-billion independent federal agency, the National Science Foundation (NSF). Previously, Córdova served as NASA's chief scientist – she was the youngest person and the first woman to hold this position. Córdova's scientific contributions have been in the areas of observational and experimental astrophysics, multi-spectral research on x-ray and gamma ray sources and space-borne instrumentation. She has published more than 150…

When you hear the question, should the U.S. government continue to 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…

I wanted to look at Space Exploration and the Apollo missions. One of the big things in space exploration is trying to find a way to sustain life on another planet. To begin this process they will start on the moon. All the astronauts will land on the moon, they will not leave one in the shuttle. They will begin with 7-day missions until the moon is habitable then will start 180-day missions to get ready for Mars. It will take 1 year in just travel to get to Mars and back to Earth. They are…

1. Scott Kelly spent 340 days in space along with another astronaut. This is the longest time an American astronaut has spent in space. The main goal of this mission is to see the effects of being in space for a long time, so one day we can go to Mars. Scott Kelly has an identical twin brother, Mark. Mark spent the past year on earth while Scott was in space. Scientists will be able to spot any genetic changes that might have occurred in Scott while he was in space by comparing the identical…

Sadly, the astronaut most well known for spacecraft malfunction during the Mercury program, Virgil Grissom, as well as two other astronauts set for the first Apollo launch were caught in the first major tragedy of NASA’s history. On January 27, 1967, the three astronauts were performing a preflight test of their Apollo capsule when their capsule caught fire. In the hours before the fire, the astronauts encountered problems with a sour smell from the oxygen loop of Grissom’s spacesuit,…

once athletes stop training. The rate and magnitude of loss vary with the level of training. Muscular endurance decreases after only 2 weeks of inactivity. 5. What similarities do we see between spaceflight and detraining? Why does the body make these adaptations during spaceflight? During spaceflight, the body experiences physiological changes, which are nearly identical to those of detraining. Muscle mass and strength also decline in microgravity. The cross-sectional areas of both type I…

been the last person to walk on the moon” He’s a hero to many of us who have followed the world of Apollo. Michael Collins, attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and afterward began his career in the sky. His first spaceflight was the Gemini 10 mission, where he performed a spacewalk. His second was Apollo 11 the first lunar landing in history. Also the first person to orbit the moon in a Command Module all alone with no communication. His courage and bravery helped…

Beginning in the late 1950s, the Space Race was a competition during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States to develop artificial satellites, space probes, and human spaceflight. It had a major impact on society and culture in America. If the Russians could launch successful satellites into space, maybe they could launch nuclear missiles as well. In many aspects of the Space Race, the Soviets were ahead; they launched the first successful, unmanned satellite, and then a…

High moral standards of behavior. Honor, is helping those in a time of need. Honor, is doing what you know is right, when others won’t. Honor, is advancing in hard times. Clarence “Kelly” Johnson lived by the motto, “Be quick, be quiet, be on time.”. He played a large role in the design and creation of 40 well known aircrafts, a majority being his own design. He designed; F-80 Shooting Star, XF-90 Interceptor, X-7 Ramjet test vehicle, T-33 and TV-2 USAF Trainer jet, F-94 Starfire Interceptor…

Take the nearest one dollar bill available to you and imagine it being cut into a hundred squares. Now picture yourself cutting halfway into a single one of those squares, you wouldn't even touch the ink yet. Thats the annual budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, more commonly known as NASA, resting at one half of one percent of the US tax dollar. Therefore, I am calling on Trump’s administration and the United States Congress to increase NASA’s funding from its current…