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    Moon Impact Probe

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    Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१‚ lit: moon vehicle[3][4] [pic]pronunciation (help·info)) was India’s first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008‚ and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft with a modified version of the PSLV‚ PSLV C11[2][5] on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre‚ Sriharikota‚ Nellore District‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ about 80 km north of Chennai

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    Moon Landing Causes

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    Long and Short Term Causes of Moon Landing i. Establish Lunar Base - Wernher von Braun idea ii. Moon exploration program started during Eienhower era iii. Soviet success with Yuri Gagarin being put into space caused Kennedy to search for program to catch Americas imagination iv. Kennedy asked his vice president Lyndon Johnson to come up with such a plan. v. As Johnson was from Texas he proposed space idea because NASA base in Houston and would provide economically for them. vi. Kennedy said

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    Moon Landing Conspiracy

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    The story begins on the 16th of July 1969 which was when the Apollo 11 crew took off from the United States of America and the 20th was when they supposedly landed on the moon. This was also when the conspiracy was erected. It is a conspiracy about an accused moon landing hoax by NASA that involves Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins‚ and Edwin Aldrin who are the believed main culprits of this event. But Hundreds of thousands of other people including astronauts‚ scientists‚ engineers‚ technicians‚ and

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    Visitors by Brian Moon

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    The short story Visitors by Brian Moon gives an insight of role reversals in which stereotypes of individuals are challenged. The theme is conveyed through effective use of narrative conventions. Brian Moon has manipulated the characterisation‚ imagery and dialogue to put forward this theme. The use of descriptive language in the short story‚ Visitors‚ helps to convey the central theme of role reversals. It is through this that readers have an insight of what robbers are suggested to be; professional

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    been years that scientists want to colonize the moon. Until now‚ the question has not yet answered. Is it worth it to colonize the moon with all of the technology that we have encountered throughout the years? The moon is the only planetary object whose features can be seen without the aid of a telescope. It is also the closest object to our planet large enough for humans to inhabit. When considering long-term space exploration and living‚ building a moon colony seems like the next logical step. We have

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    Originally named the Mid-Autumn Festival‚ the Moon Festival is one of the most important holidays celebrated by Chinese communities around the world. Traditionally‚ it is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month in observance of the bountiful Autumn harvest. Although old rituals are no longer followed‚ families continue to gather for a day to relax and eat moon cakes. Upon this occasion‚ the legend of the Moon Goddess‚ CHANG-O‚ is often told to children. Once

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    penguins. Not many foresaw the radiating shine of the Moon jellies swimming in their glimmering tank. Their unique resplendent glowing bodies propelled smoothly through the water. At sudden first glance these aquatic invertebrates seem like something from outer space. Though in reality they are a very common species of jellies that live in the temperate and tropical shallow waters of the ocean or at home in an acrylic tank. Like all animals Moon Jellies have their own special features such as their

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    Nightmare Moon Monologue

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    Today was the day. Today Twilight would be successful in convincing Celestia that Nightmare Moon is‚ indeed‚ about to return. There was no way it could possibly go wrong. She dated the earliest mentions‚ calculated stars’ alignment‚ put it all on a nice and clear chart‚ and finally had something definite. A date. An exact date of when Nightmare Moon was supposed to return from her banishment. And now she was about to present all the evidence she had to Celestia. It was now or never. Her graphs

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    Adam Roch 10/31/12 Mr. Prince 3rd Period Research and Report on the Current State of Knowledge of: Certain Small Bodies in the Solar System Enceladus Type of object- Moon (Saturn) Size- Enceladus has a mean diameter of 314 miles‚ one-seventh the diameter of our Moon. In diameter Enceladus is small enough to fit within the length of the island of Great Britain. It could also fit comfortably within the states of Arizona or Colorado‚ although as a spherical object its surface area is much

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    Carolina Moon Comparison

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    Carolina Moon and Naked in Death are two different genre books written by the same author. However‚ with any book an author will keep some things the same. They will write a book in a different genre but keep certain aspects of the book will be the same as other novels written by the author. Author’s can write different novels in different time periods or on different plants but still write they that are comparable to their other works. The author uses romance‚ murder‚ and diverse main characters

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