Whatever the mission‚ be it manned or unmanned‚ for scientific research‚ applications or space transportation‚ a spacecraft must withstand the extreme stresses which occur during the launch phase‚ and once in orbit‚ the rigours of the space environment. There is one way of making sure of this: to test the spacecraft on Earth under conditions simulating‚ as closely as possible‚ those it will meet during the launch and its orbital life. This can be done with with tests which demonstrate by application
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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 the space craft up into the air. Nobody had checked the work done on the computer‚ they didn’t feel the need
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assassination attempt on the Pope and President Reagan in 1981. NASA had it’s share of excitement in the 80’s too‚ even though some events weren’t things to celebrate. NASA sent Sally Ride as the first woman to Space on June 18th‚ 1983‚ but in 1986 things took a bad turn around for NASA when the space shuttle “Challenger” exploded shortly after lift-off on January 28th (Jennifer Rosenberg). On top of all those events; between 1981 and 1983‚ 1‚450 people were infected with AIDS (most of them being gay/bisexual
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alone on Mars after a freak accident led to him being abandoned by his crewmates. Weir explores an optimistic view of human nature. One of the major themes that emerge from the novel is human nature. The team-up between NASA and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) emphasizes the author’s belief that humanity is greater than the sum of its parts. Cooperation between international government agencies is extremely difficult. By putting aside their differences‚ NASA and CNSA were able to return
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January 28‚ 1986‚ one of America’s greatest space shuttles‚ exploded in front of a live audience (Challenger disaster history.com pg.1). The Challenger launch was one of the most publicized launches because it was the first time a teacher was going into space. The launch was being broadcast across the nation live from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Thousands of schoolchildren all over America were watching and anxiously waiting for the first ever teacher in space. 73 seconds after liftoff the Challenger
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On January 28th of 1986 tragedy struck the United States. It was devastating to all of those that witnessed and had a loved one involved. This catastrophe was known as the space shuttle Challenger explosion. The event was all over the news and the launch was broadcasted live for millions to watch. That same day President Ronald Reagan spoke on the issue. As the speech was directed to the families of the crew and the United States in general‚ he addressed the nation and showed his point of view on
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initiative to do a bigger research in rockets with liquid-propellants. Robert was not ready to stop and this article is an excerpt of what it seems to be part of his journal. Goddard’s believe and claim that rockets could fly through the vacuum of space. With the years he began proving his theories but was not enough for America.
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Many problem skills had to be used and improvised during the movie‚ Apollo 13‚ but the one that amazed me was when Jim and Fred had to manually adjust the ship. I believe this held a significant amount of importance for getting the astronauts home. Everyone knew that to be able to reenter the earth’s atmosphere the ship only had a tiny amount of room for error. When NASA informed the astronauts that they needed to do another burn‚ but they don’t have enough power to start up the ship for the computers
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one of the 35 individuals to become space shuttle astronauts. This is significant because 10‚000 other people applied to the program‚ but only 35 people were accepted. On August 30‚ 1983‚ Bluford became the first African American to go into space. At the moment the countdown reached zero and the shuttle lifted off the ground‚ Bluford was on his way to live out his dream. During Bluford’s career with NASA‚ he went to space four times. He was aboard the space shuttle Challenger for his
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The Hubble Telescope The Hubble Telescope is an orbiting telescope that provides clear images from space. It is a reflecting telescope and gathers light with a mirror 94 inches in diameter. It is named after an American Astronomer‚ Edwin Hubble who made important astronomic discoveries in the 1920’s. Pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope include: stars surrounded by disks‚ galaxies‚ colliding galaxies‚ and evidence that most galaxies have black holes in their centre. The Hubble Telescope is
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