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    The Apollo Missions was a test on mans’ limit and use of the knowledge that God gave us to see if we could land on the moon. Rushed by the Cold War‚ Scientist were antsy to get a manned rocket from this plant to our neighbor‚ the Moon. Many people look at it as the event of “the man on the moon”. I looked up more of the scientific discoveries that were made on those early missions and they were surprising to say the least! One of the questions posed by many scientists was what type of geological

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    night of August 13‚ 1970 a spark from the exposed wires caused a fire‚ which ripped apart one oxygen tank and damaged the other inside the Odyssey‚ spacecraft. The astronauts were losing oxygen fast. In our project we had to find a solution to get the ping pong ball from one side of the gap to the other. Some similarities with Apollo 13 and our project was that we all had to find a solution of a problem and we all had one chance. These similarities are important to the success of Apollo 13 and our team

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    continent? 7. 52.069207‚4.3139865 zoom into these coordinates; What is odd about this picture? 8. 42.302284‚-83.231215; a. What company logo do you see? b. What is the closest major city? 9. Switch planets to the Moon: and play the guided tour of Apollo 11(the guided tours are located in the Layers); answer these questions: a. When was the first moon landing? b. What was the name of the space craft? c. What time did they land? d. Who was the 2nd man on the moon? © 2011 Middle School Computer

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    8/16/13 Share 0 Bhutan Baby: Travelling to the Moon - An Essay for School More Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Bhutan Baby Adventures of a foreign girl growing up in Bhutan SUNDAY‚ MAY 13‚ 2012 FOLLOWERS Join this site w ith Google Friend Connect Travelling to the Moon - An Essay for School Travelling to the moon was once considered science fiction‚ but now people can be sent to the moon by spaceships. Spacesuits help a lot in outer space‚ too: They have a pressurized atmosphere

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    California Proposition 13 Name: Institution: California Proposition 13 What is proposition 13? Property taxes in California have been a controversial issue for very many years. In mid 1978‚ approximately ⅔ of voters in California passed proposition 13. Before it had been passed‚ property taxes increased almost annually according to the assessed value of the property. In the 1970s‚ there was a remarkable growth in the real estate market and the value of homes rapidly went up. Property values

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    Apollo 11- Turning Point in History Apollo 11 was a turning point not only in American history but also in human history. When Neil Armstrong took that first step on the moon in 1969‚ almost the whole world was sitting behind an old black-and-white TV watching the first step on the moon. Apollo 11 was a turning point in history for many reasons. First‚ putting a man on the moon put ideas that were impossible in to possible. Second‚ the Americans won the space race which made America a world

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    Space Exploration: Apollo Missions Space has always interested me and I had a great desire to be an astronomer one day. That has since changed‚ but space is still something I love studying about. Thus this topic was an easy choice. For the Apollo missions‚ it was originally created by NASA to sent a ship to the surface of the Moon and also have it return back to Earth. This was a huge step not only for mankind‚ but for the technology of America in the space race against the SSSR. Some of the questions

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    Conspiracists have been around for a long time so what makes the Apollo 11 conspiracy so important. The Apollo 11 mission was broadcast live around the world. Many citizens sat down and watched as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made their first steps onto the moon as Armstrong took the first step he uttered " That’s one small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind." But not everybody believes in the moon landing theorists have come together to try and encourage an investigation towards the mission

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    In the movie retelling the story of Apollo 13‚ there were many instances where gravity and its properties were relevant. The five main topics I have chosen I feel are the easiest to explain and understand. The first is the requirements of liftoff and how the astronauts will experience g forces. Next is coming into earth and how they will have to calculate the angle and speed at which they will have to re-enter at. Third I talk about the simulator and how it prepares them for conditions in outer space

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    On July 21 1969‚ Apollo 11 was the first moon mission where men of Earth explored the Moon’s surface for the first time in history. This mission couldn’t have been such a success if it weren’t for the past missions that encountered great trials and errors along the way‚ like fires and explosions in capsules. After many disastrous events happened in the NASA space program‚ there was one real problem that needed to be faced. NASA was trying to get to the moon and land a lunar mission before the Soviet

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