understand more about space and especially the moon. In many of the manned and unmanned missions collected many rock samples. In this certain study they found that the moon had many magma rocks on the moon. This fact surprised many scientists because space is very cold (as we all know) and magma rocks are formed from extreme heat or pressure. The magma rocks were only found in certain parts of the moon and not in others. So we know that the whole moon was obviously not all formed by magma rocks.
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Moon Landing 1969 “Ignition sequence starts‚ three‚ two‚ one‚ all engine running‚ zero‚ lift off.” On July 16th 9:32 a.m.‚ Apollo 11 was successfully launched as millions watched. Indeed‚ the lunar mission of the Apollo 11 was a new break through in the field of space exploration. Soon after‚ however‚ many controversies were raised on the authenticity of this event. Many critics of the lunar landing believe that this event was a hoax perpetuated to deceive the society. The debate‚ whether the moon
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The Speed of Light and the Moons of Jupiter Introduction: In this lab we focused on the eclipses of the moon Io of Jupiter. Galileo was the first to discover the four moons of Jupiter and since then astronomers have discovered the orbital periods of them‚ 1.8 days being approximately Io’s. It was also noted that these moons disappeared and reappeared at certain points in their orbit. This was because when the moons were behind Jupiter they were not able to reflect light. In this lab we had
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The first moon landing in 1969 was one of the many historical events that left a question mark in the minds of people. It was also one of the most remarkable and significant events of world history. 1967 was one of the most brutal and bitter years for the Americans. The war in Vietnam up to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King‚ the American citizen‚ began to lose hope for their nation. Lyndon B. John’s elections were prevented with the activist riot in Chicago. America and the citizens of
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Lost Moon: The future of U.S. Manned Spaceflight The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‚ more commonly known as NASA‚ was founded in the midst of war. During the infamous Cold War‚ two global superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union‚ competed for dominance over the other. No such area of competition was as fierce as outer space. Success in the 1960’s was determined largely through technological advances‚ and manned spaceflight was viewed as the pinnacle of technological and
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Head: THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF THE SUN AND THE MOON The Similarities and Differences of the Sun and the Moon Kelsey Linder Marion Technical College The Similarities and Differences of the Sun and the Moon The solar system is one of the very first things that a child will learn about in school. Children will learn why there is night and day‚ why there are seasons‚ the different shapes of the moon‚ and all of that important stuff that is too easily forgotten
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Did Apollo 11 Land on The Moon? Tammy Getzloff Rasmussen College Author’s Note This research is being submitted on February 17th‚ 2013‚ for Barton Pritzl’s G239/AST2002 course at Rasmussen College by Tammy Getzloff. On July 16‚ 1969 three men‚ Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin waited anxiously 363 feet above the ground inside the top of the towering Saturn V rocket‚ to begin mankind’s most historic journey to landing on the moon. July 20‚ 1969 at approximately 4:17 p.m
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“The Man on the Moon” On July 20th 1969 Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon. Over 600 million families gathered around their televisions to watch this event take place. There is undeniable physical evidence that the moon landing of 1969 occurred; although many still feel like it was a hoax created by NASA. Some feel as if this was a “Race to Space” competition between countries‚ and the United States could not take that loss. While others feel as if it was cover up for the misuse
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The apollo moon program was the 3rd project the US that attempted to discover space‚ it was ran by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‚ NASA which accomplished putting the first humans on the Moon‚ the program ran from 1969 to 1972 resulted in American astronauts’ trying a total of 11 spaceflights and putting the first man on the moon. The Apollo moon program costed a smashing 25.4 billion dollars‚ NASA designed the Apollo Command Module for this program. It was a capsule with room
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The Moon Landing Hoax ConspiracyThe moon landing hoax controversy is still evident after 36 years. On July 20th‚ 1969 our lives changed forever. This was not due to any disastrous event that took place here on Earth‚ but an amazing event that took place in the heavens‚ when the first man walked on that wondrous thing people had gazed at and wondered about for centuries - the moon. Our world was changing at that time in leaps and bounds. It was a time of endless possibilities. Many people think of
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