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The majority of us have always wondered how this time we often talk about became what it is now. Different cultures created calendars to reflect time within their cultures. Whether it is Egyptian, Gregorian or Mayan, they are all similar in the same way that these all made time according to their culture. They all contributed an idea of what our calendar is now. These cultures helped to improve by adding the significant symbol in which they believed in, and what the cultures thought were…

Fifty-six hours into NASA’s third attempt to land on the moon, Houston radioed the spacecraft with a seemingly-innocent request. Following NASA’s instructions, the astronauts turned on the hydrogen and oxygen stirring fans in order to obtain more accurate readings. Two minutes later, an oxygen tank exploded. Electrical power and the altimeter readings began to fluctuate wildly. Communications were briefly lost. Three minutes later, fuel cells one and three failed. Over the next 130 minutes, the…

The story “Time and Distance Overcome,” by Eula Biss Is about the invention of the telephone. It was like the first man landing on the moon, no one thought it could ever be done. It was amazing how the United States of America could be connected by long wires. When a positive thing appears something negative comes along with it. Black people were hung on these poles for real, or rumored crimes. For example, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a black man charged with kicking a white girl was hung on a…

Man Takes First Steps on the Moon Purpose: The purpose of this text is to inform people that the Apollo eleven moon landing was a success, to explain its significance in the course of human kind, and to relay how the first steps were taken. Also to give insight into the perspective of how people from around the world viewed the landing. Rhetorical Triangle: The subject of this text is the Apollo eleven mission and events of the moon landing. A writer from Times of London is the speaker. On the…

Did you know that if you were to set foot on the moon you’ll find a golf balls lying around on the moon! NASA astronaut and American naval aviator Alan Sheppard is known as the fifth man ever to set foot on the moon. He is also credited as being the only man to ever hit while on the moon. The date was February 6th 1917. Shepard’s famous lines after hitting the golf ball was “miles and miles and miles” refferring to how amazing the travels further in space and is likely to be still traveling…

Sally Ride is a famous astronaut who has accomplished many great things. She is known for being the first American woman and being the overall third person to travel into space. Sally has brought the world to realize that men are not the only great people out there and that woman can be amazing too. Sally Ride is remembered as a national hero who changed the fate of America’s space program. She has taught people to reach for the stars and to keep on trying no matter what. Sally…

I’m still coming down to Earth (literally) after an incredible weekend spent in the small West Yorkshire market town of Pontefract. This place has been the unlikely host of numerous Apollo astronauts over the last number of years, thanks to local magistrate Ken Willoughby and his fantastic Space Lectures team. I may be in my early twenties but I’m certainly no stranger to meeting astronauts. Since my first encounter with Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott at an autograph event in Birmingham in…

Moon landing a hoax? Here's the reason why. The theory that the moon landing were hoaxed by the US government to assert their victory in the space race, is something which has grown in popularity over time. The moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA with the aid of other organizations. Here are some reason why:- 1. When the first moon landing was…

Andy Warhol's Moonwalk exemplifies how pop art took inspiration from cultural trends and, in this case, from the events of the cold war and the space race. The image envisions a single electrifying moment, when man took his first step on the moon, using a technique known as screen printing to capture the dynamic composition of the image. Andy Warhol, a connoisseur of pop art and expressionism, screen painted his Moonwalk only months before his death in the year 1987. It is currently located in…

Moon Landings True or False? The moon landings.... are they true or are they false? well… some people don't know the answer to that even I don't. But today… I am going to tell you what I think about it and maybe you will think the same. I know that some kids did not know that people were arguing about whether they were real or not. I did not even know I thought it was real my whole life, but some people have different opinions about it. Everyone knows who Neil Armstrong is… he was the…