of being the first human to fly into space for his own country. Gagarin was also a brave man – “When Korolev invited the group of astronauts to look inside a Vostok spacecraft test vehicle‚ and asked who wished to go first. None of the cosmonaut team had seen the spacecraft before‚ and all were doubtless eager to see the interior. Yet Gagarin was the first to climb inside.” (French 13) With so many uncertainties and no prior history of human flying into space‚ Gagarin was willing to take up his job
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I think Sally Ride is one of the greatest heroes because she was able to show NASA that an American woman can travel to space. Sally Ride is a great hero because she inspires young kids to go to space when they are older. She devoted her life to help others‚ which lead to more women going to space and kids wanting to go to space when they are adults. In my opinion‚ I think she is one of the nation’s greatest heroes because she made an impact on the country that changed everybody’s lives.
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar AM (i/səˈtʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/; born 24 April 1973)[1] is an Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatestbatsman in cricket today.[2] In 2002‚ Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time‚ behind Don Bradman‚ and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time‚ behind Viv Richards.[3] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career‚ his first such win in six
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lunar module pilot‚ and Michael Collins‚ command module pilot . The significance of the Apollo 11 mission where they go samples from the moon ‚ millions of people watched ‚ and that the president Richard Nixon called Neil Armstrong when he was in space . One of the significance of the Apollo 11 mission was they go samples from the moon because if that mission wouldn’t had happened we have might of not discovered something from the moon . Scientist wouldn’t have know about some things in moon
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Rice University on the Nation’s Space Effort‚ or the “We Choose To Go To The Moon” speech was given on September 12‚ 1962‚ in the Rice Stadium in Houston Texas. This speech was to inform the general American public of NASA’s plans to land a man on the moon for the first time ever. Russia and the United States of America had just recently cleared up the Cuban missile crisis but then became involved in a space race. They were both trying to beat each other in their space technology‚ but Russia‚ who had
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enthusiasts. Since 1994 the comet named “Shoemaker - Levy 9” has been one of the most researched and analyzed comet’s of all time and thanks to three people who were determined to make history the world can now inform themselves even on Jupiter’s outer space
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Let’s take a quick look at the score card so far‚ the Soviets have the edge with the most time in space. Fortunately‚ the US had prepared their fighter well… This battle did get interesting the Soviets had a lot the first title under their belt like the first dual man flight‚ first woman in space‚ the three-man flight‚ and the first space-walk. In 1962‚ John Glenn was their first astronaut to orbit the Earth in the Apollo. He accomplished three orbits around earth
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now be done from home at any time; day or night. However‚ innovation was not limited to personal use from the home‚ groundbreaking new technology such as the Hubble Space Telescope expanded how we view the whole universe (Hubble 1). Americans longed to discover the wide expanse of space and The Hubble assised just that. The Hubble Space Telescope is unlike any other telescope as it is positioned a staggering 353 miles above earth’s surface. Although The Hubble has returned over one hundred thousand
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Earth‚ and the trip to Mars is only one way. The trip to Mars will take about nine months and it is a very risky mission to those colonists who choose to do it. Colonists living on Mars are in for a risky life. Even though the astronauts are in a space suit they could still die if there is a crack in their helmet because of the deadly radiation. There is hardly any oxygen‚ and the cold temperatures of -80 degrees Fahrenheit will be unbearable. In addition‚ the colonists are leaving so many things
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series of smaller dishes combined to make one larger one. - The ATA is highly effective and much cheaper for SETI to conduct more than one survey at once in the search of extra-terrestrials. - The ATA detects radio waves that can be emitted from outer space in the distant stars. SETI searches for extra-terrestrial life using this method. - The ATA has a series of smaller dishes that bring radio waves to a focus point just like a large dish and converts them to electric signals
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