The Sun is the center around which the Earth and the other planets of our solar system revolve. It’s a rather ordinary star of average size. Even so‚ it is more than 1‚392‚000 km (865‚000 mi) across — more than 100 times the diameter of Earth. Its mass equals that of 333‚420 Earths! It resembles a huge furnace‚ fired by nuclear energy at its core. The tremendous energy produced is transferred outward‚ away from the core‚ in a process known as convection. Patches of gas heat and rise toward the surface
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During the late 1950s to the mid 1970s‚ the US and the Soviet Union‚ the two Cold War rivals‚ engaged in a Space Race‚ a fierce competition for supremacy in spaceflight capability. The Soviet Union achieved an early lead in the Space Race by launching the first artificial satellite into the space with Sputnik 1. The United States quickly followed suit three months later with the launch of Explorer 1. Unsatisfied with being the second to reach space‚ President John F. Kennedy set his sights for a
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On the 25th of May 1961 in Cape Kennedy‚ Florida‚ John F Kennedy made a speech. He decided that an American was going to be the first to land on the moon. I‚ Neil Armstrong had the honour‚ to be one of the three astronauts chosen to go on the Apollo 11 mission. I was accompanied by‚ Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin and Michael Collins. On the 16th of July 1969 at 9:32am‚ Saturn V weighing 3million kilograms‚ launched from Cape Kennedy‚ Florida. Before we were beginning to start our launch I was very nervous
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“That’s one small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind”. So said Neil Armstrong on that moment when he stepped onto the surface of the moon for the very first time … supposedly. Many people question the authenticity of the moon landing since July 21‚ 1969. After reading and watching lot of programs talking about it. I believe moon landing is fake. One of the reasons to consider this event is fake‚ is that there is no air in space‚ so how was the flag blowing? . Second‚ another one was that
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Lunar Lies “One small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” An estimated 500 million people worldwide heard these words as they watched Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. After a mad dash to beat Russia‚ America had won the space race at last! Or did they? In the past few years‚ evidence has come into light to discredit the landing of men on the moon. Like many of my generation‚ I grew up on the belief that man landed on the moon in 1969. I was 16 before I began
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sending cargo to the moon." To reach the greatest technological achievement the world has ever seen seemed impossible but NASA was getting closer and closer to the moon’s surface and closer to showing America’s strengths. Finally‚ on July 20‚ 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped foot onto the moon and was accompanied by Buzz Aldrin later‚ the goal and challenge set out in front of NASA was successfully achieved on July 24‚ 1969. Why was it a turning point? The first moon landing is very important to American
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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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Focus Inquiry UNIT PAPER II : The First Man On The Moon In the early 1950’s‚ the United States of America and the Soviet Union competed in the greatest race of all time. This competition quickly gets the name of the race to space‚ more specifically the “race to the moon” by different journalist and reporters from both country Americans and Soviet.Many analysts and specialists of still confuse about the real reasons of this “race”‚ what start
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Ever since Neil Armstrong took the historic first steps on the moon‚ that one famous line has been repeated countless times‚ “One small step for man‚ one giant step for mankind.” The moon landing was one of the most historic accomplishments in American space exploration. With the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the space race was at its highest point during this time. (The Implications of the Privatization of Space Exploration‚ University of Pennsylvania) This great achievement
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Speech Evaluation Assignment #2 1. Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuW4oGKzVKc a. Speaker: John F. Kennedy 2. When the speech was given? September 12‚ 1962 b. Historical events surrounding the speech? Proving America’s energy and skills by deciding to send man to the moon. c. What was society like in that time frame? Society in 1960’s was marked as a time of great social changes. The civil rights act ended segregation in public facilities and racial discrimination
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