Meteorology Mission During the Mars meteorology mission‚ NASA computers had made a mistake. The conversion to metric units from English was never converted. The wrong measurements had failed to launch up a space craft causing an accident. The weather orbit that was supposed to go into space never went. The failed meteorology mission of 1999 was caused by a machine error due to a computer not converting English units to metric units. Scientists didn’t realize the mistake until they tried to send
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During the launch‚ I saw the Earth from very high up as I launched into space (though the fire emitted by the rocket blocked most of the view). We reached very intense speeds as we left the Earth’s atmosphere. We used a new rocket from SpaceX called the Dragon. This rocket will also be taking us back to earth as it is capable of making a launch and return trip. Our first stop on the trip was to the Apollo 11 landing site‚ as it was the place of the first lunar landing. It is also a relatively smooth
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Think back to summer vacation. What did you do to fill those two months? Most kids would just sit around all day waiting for school to start. But if you were out trying new things and meeting different people‚ Thomas Jefferson would be proud. As Jefferson once wrote: "Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." I agree with this statement and believe that staying active will ultimately lead to progress. For instance‚ while Bob sits waiting for the
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Charles Lindbergh Shortly after Charles Lindbergh landed‚ he was swarmed by 25‚000 Parisians who carried the wearied pilot on their shoulders. They were rejoicing that Charles Lindbergh‚ the American aviator who flew the first transatlantic flight‚ had just landed at Le Bourget field in France. Having just completed what some people called an impossible feat‚ he was instantly a well-known international hero. Despite his pro-German stance during World War II‚ Charles Lindbergh is also an American
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1. As Charlie Duke‚ an astronaut on the Apollo 16 mission said‚ “We have been to the Moon nine times. Why would we fake it nine times‚ if we faked it?" It is a pertinent question and it does seem that if you are going to tell a lie‚ it is far easier to do it once and then stop‚ than to keep exaggerating the lie over the course of the next few years. Sooner or later somebody would have made a mistake to give the game away. The fact that nobody did‚ again‚ illustrates the fact that indeed‚ these astronauts
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On April 9‚ 1959‚ NASA’s administrator‚ Dr. Keith Glennan formed its first astronaut class‚ the Mercury 7. Project Mercury’s objective was to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth. It was to observe how the human body reacted in space conditions. Many questions appeared as to whether they would come back safely or if were they the right people to do the challenge. The selection process in order to be qualified for NASA’s project took awhile. More than 500 applicants qualified
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In the movie Apollo 13 three astronauts go up to space in the space craft odyssey and encounter many problems. The astronauts‚ Jim Lovell‚ Jack Swigert and Fred Haise were on a rushed mission to go to the moon when Jack went to go stir the oxygen tanks and one of them exploded. The explosion led to a whole host of problems. The astronauts had to abort the mission and focus on a safe return home. A monomyth plotline is when a person leaves a place‚ encounters obstacles and comes back a different
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Have you ever wondered why is there so much "empty space" in space if there are no other intelligent beings we can communicate with? If this would be true‚ the whole universe would be a complete waste since humans will never be able to explore not one percent of it. Also‚ there is so much evidence about aliens‚ so many sightings and encounters that it is very hard to disprove them all. If the theory of evolution is taken into consideration‚ the possibilities of intelligent life forming only on Earth
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Apollo Moon Landing While the controversy regarding the Apollo 11 Moon landing of 1969‚ isn’t as a discussed a topic‚ like child abuse‚ it is an important part of American history and is vital‚ concerning achievements in space exploration. Many people are skeptical of the moon landings validity‚ but the facts point to only one conclusion‚ the Apollo Moon Landing was real. The common theory is that the moon landing was filmed on some secret Hollywood sound stage. Now‚ here are some of the reasons
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On July 21 1969‚ Apollo 11 was the first moon mission where men of Earth explored the Moon’s surface for the first time in history. This mission couldn’t have been such a success if it weren’t for the past missions that encountered great trials and errors along the way‚ like fires and explosions in capsules. After many disastrous events happened in the NASA space program‚ there was one real problem that needed to be faced. NASA was trying to get to the moon and land a lunar mission before the Soviet
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