ABSTRACT: HELIOS project was a part of NASA’s ERAST programme (Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology). It was developed by NASA and Californian company AeroVironment Inc. ERAST programme develops pilotless solar powered airplane technology. The HELIOS construction is based upon its predecessors like NASA’s solar plane Pathfinder‚ which was successfully tested a few years prior to HELIOS. Due to its speed HELIOS was able to fly over the same spot for days or weeks‚ therefore‚ in
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as Wild Fire‚ and an airplane referred to buy its builders as‚ Space Ship 1. "The da Vinci Project‚ led by Brian Feeney of Toronto‚ Ontario‚ Canada‚ registered as a contender for the X PRIZE on June 2‚ 2000." (About the da Vinci Project). Their Craft Wild Fire has a flight plan that first consists of the rocket being hoisted to 24 km. (80‚000 feet) via hot air balloon‚ at which point the rocket slung under the balloon at an 80 degree angel‚ from the horizon‚ fires and hopefully delivers the rocket
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------------------------------------------------- BSAA Star Dust accident From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Stendec" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Stendec (disambiguation). BSAA Star Dust accident | BSAA Lancastrian 3 Star Dust. | Accident summary | Date | 2 August 1947 | Type | Controlled flight into terrain due to severe weather conditions[1][2] | Site | Mount Tupungato‚ Argentina | Passengers | 6 | Crew | 5 | Fatalities | 11 (all) | Survivors | 0 | Aircraft type
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In the past humans have found ways to study space. Countries sent satellites and rocketships with animals in them to space. Finally‚ America decided to send a man to the moon. This person was Neil Armstrong. Because of this‚ Neil Armstrong revolutionized the world with just one step. Armstrong had a good childhood. Armstrong was “born in Wapakoneta‚ Ohio on August 5‚ 1930” (“Neil Armstrong”). Armstrongs parents names are Viola Armstrong and Stephen Armstrong (Hensen 276). Armstrong’s father had
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The first Europeans to establish roots in India since the fall of the Roman Empire were the Protuguese. Led by Vasco da Gama’s landing at Calicut in 1498‚ they established themselves along the Malabar Coast‚ trading with the rest of the subcontinent from there. (The Portuguese maintained some holdings in India as late as 1961.) In 1600‚ the British East India Company was given the right to a monopoly to trade with India. While the company’s primary objective was to get spices from Indonesia (East
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Stretching their way across the Peruvian desert‚ the Nasca lines are one of the greatest mysteries in Latin America. The Nasca lines- or Geoglyphs are colossal lines carved into the earth and are believed to have been created over two thousand years ago by the ancient people of Nasca. Due to the dry and windless climate‚ the Nasca lines have remained remarkably preserved through time. A continuous line makes geometric shapes and animal figures‚ some as long as two hundred meters. The technology
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Chandrayaan-1 |Chandrayaan-1 | |[pic] | |Chandrayaan-1 lifts off on the PSLV-C11 | |Organization |Indian Space Research Organisation | |Mission type |Orbiter | |Satellite of |Moon
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By: Anonymous Unidentified flying objects‚ or UFOs‚ are one of the most controversial mysteries known to mankind. From ancient to present times‚ unidentified objects have been seen in the sky by millions of people. The question is‚ of course‚ what is it that we are seeing in our skies? Are they foreign spacecrafts from distant planets‚ merely Air Force experiments‚ or only our imagination? Many people believe that extraterrestrial life is existent and far more advanced then us. Conversely‚ many
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successful failure was because even though they failed to land on the moon‚ they were still successful in returning home with the lack of equipment required for it to be possible to return to earth. The entire flight was just short of six days with them landing in
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orbit. After Glenn made his three orbits of earth‚ this feat was followed only seven years later by a team of astronauts successfully landing on the moon. The next major step to make travel to the moon possible was the Gemini program. This was designed to test in-orbit space walks‚ docking techniques‚ and orbital maneuvers. These would be the key to sending a landing module to the surface of the moon. This allowed Edward White II to claim the title of the first American to ever walk in space on June
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