With the rapid development of our world‚ such as new technology being developed even as of the moment‚ from the simple household appliances‚ to a more complex thing like biotechnology‚ the subjects to explore are limitless. Then there’s this very ambitious dream of space exploration. With the universe being so massive in size‚ with countless stars and billions of galaxies in it‚ with the Earth just being a dot in the whole thing‚ it makes me think‚ what’s out there? That is what space exploration
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on the Moon and return. The mission was a great success and the command and service module Columbia returned back to Earth on July 24‚ 1969 at 12:50:35 p.m. Neil Alden Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the Lunar Surface and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin was the second‚ because of this mission we have a better understanding of the Moon. (NASA‚ n.d.). II. Lunar Mission a) Perform a manned lunar mission and return safely to Earth. b) “During their stay on the Moon‚ the astronauts setup scientific
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could legally drive. He started out as a test pilot in the navy. After he left in 1952 he didn’t quit he went and was a test pilot for NACA before it was renamed NASA. Where scientists decided he becomes the pilot to fly the Apollo 11. His crewmate Buzz Aldrin was the second to step on the moon the same day as Neil Armstrong. But people mainly only remember Armstrong’s famous line "That’s one small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong died at the age of 82. His crewmember died at the age
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On July 20‚ 1969 Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Or some people believe that he walked on the moon. Although it seems like we have picture proof‚ many people do not believe this to be true. Some on the non-believers thought the “Moon Landing” were fake‚ and staged to make it look like the United States had won the space race against the Soviet Union‚ or Russia‚ to cheat the public out of billions of dollars. The conspiracy theorists had believed that the scientists that had worked for NASA thought
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dynamic composition. Moonwalk was painted by Andy Warhol in the year 1987 only months before his death. It is currently located in the Huntsville Museum of Art‚ near the NASA Marshall Space flight center. The centre theme of the painting depicts Buzz Aldrin standing next to the American flag as capered by Neil Armstrong. Moonwalk ties into the era of pop-art that started in the United States in the late 1950’s. Screen printing‚ which really is a form of stenciling‚
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On July 20‚ 1969‚ Astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Neil Armstrong of Apollo 11 landed on the moon. A few years later on December 14‚ 1972‚ the astronauts of Apollo 17 became the last manned mission to the moon. It seems inconceivable that 43 years later‚ these footprints left by Apollo 17 astronauts were the last of any man. Even more disturbing is the lack of a permanent commemoration or memorial to the accomplishment of those 12 astronauts that made the perilous journey. With all of the
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to give up this battle that easy. So‚ they set their eyes on the knock-out blow‚ for the Moon. The Apollo program will provide the edge they need. On July 20‚ 1969‚ the Apollo 11 landed on the Moon with two astronauts onboard. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had reached and walked on the surface of the moon. The US had its first claim to the moon‚ but the Soviets proved that it was not done. The next day they launched Luna 15‚ an unmanned mission to the moon‚ however they inadvertently crashed it on
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The Wright Brothers helped to realize the dream of manned flight. Many years later‚ after the idea of manned flight becoming a reality‚ space exploration was the next step. In 1969‚ many people did not believe what happened. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. They posted an American flag‚ explored‚ collected space rocks and came back home. Many Americans did not believe that the technology existed to go that far. Today‚ several missions a year are launched using manned space shuttles
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Space race the battle between the nations. Sputnik was the creations of the USSR that started the space race and also put them ahead. The US tried to catching up for a long time in the end they passed. Each sides head plenty of failed advancers in the way they built the rockets and plenty of successful too. The space race was a fairy competition between the US USSR. The USSR was a major point in the space race and sputnik had its share of the spot light. USSR first endeavor name ’Sputnik’ originally
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On my visit to the Adler Planetarium I saw many exhibit galleries‚ ate at the Galileo’s Café‚ and saw the Night Sky Live show. This was my first time at the Planetarium‚ although I have been at all the other museums here in Chicago. I guess I just never had the time for the great Adler. I say great‚ because my experience was way more interesting and pleasing then I expected it to be. The first exhibit that I came upon was “On our Solar System” it had the clone model of the rover that is currently
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