It is human nature to explore one’s surroundings. People have never known what is beyond our world‚ or beyond the Earth’s stratosphere. Spacecrafts are the answer. There are different kinds of spacecrafts‚ like probes‚ satellites‚ and rockets. Satellites do not contain people‚ but they are built to send pictures and videos back to Earth. The Voyager missions are one of the most successful satellites ever built. The Voyager missions changed the way we explore space today‚ encounter interstellar space
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The Apollo 13 exploration objective was to land in the Fra Mauro Area of the moon‚ but a sudden oxygen tank explosion prevented the spacecraft from landing‚ and facilitated changes to be made to the space program. To make interstellar travel believable NASA was created. The Apollo program was the idea that man could travel‚ walk upon‚ and see the moon. Apollo 13‚ the third human lunar landing and exploration mission‚ had been tentatively scheduled in July 1969 for launch
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The years after World War II was a time of great scientific and technological advancements. With these advancements came great tension and rivalry between the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR). The biggest rivalry between the two superpowers was the advancement in space technology. In 1952‚ the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was established in which scientists stated that in the time between July 1‚ 1957 and December 31‚ 1958‚ solar activity would be at
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This wasn’t a regular spacecraft‚ this was the first spacecraft ever to head to the moon. This was Neil Armstrong’s second time going to space‚ but he had never attempted to land on the moon (NASA). After a never ending flight to the moon‚ on July 20‚ 1969 the “Eagle”(The spacecraft)‚ Landed on the moon. “an American astronaut climbed down the ladder of his lunar landing module (The first moon walker
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Apollo 13 malfunction was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no. 2 in the service module. The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the no. 1 oxygen tank‚ causing it to lose oxygen rapidly. 3. The Space Shuttle is a piloted spacecraft that could be boosted into orbit by a reusable launch vehicle and can return to Earth
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was set to launch on March 15‚ 1966. Due to minor problems with the spacecraft and launch vehicle hardware the launch was delayed one day. The launch was successful. Because of problems with the spacecraft control system‚ the crew was forced to undock after approximately thirty minutes. The spacecraft-target vehicle combination had begun to encounter increasing yaw and roll rates. The crew regained control of their spacecraft by using the reentry control system‚ which prompted and early landing
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Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Armstrong spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft‚ Aldrin slightly less; and together they collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth. A third member of the mission‚ Michael Collins‚ piloted the command spacecraft alone in lunar orbit until Armstrong and Aldrin returned to it just under a day later for the trip back to Earth. Launched by a Saturn V rocket from
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geotransfer orbit Nominal mission: Two years About the spacecraft The craft will be cube shapes‚ with a length of 1.5 meters on each side and a total mass of 1‚050 kilograms. The satellite’s design is based on ISRO’s Kalpansat meteorological satellite‚ launched in 2002. It will also carry a 30-kilogram probe that will penetrate the lunar surface. A 750-Watt solar panel together with a Lithium-Ion battery will supply power to the spacecraft. A bipropellant engine will be employed to enter orbit
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frozen nitrogen‚ the pilot will experience many obstacles. Risks of solar flares from the sun. the particles ejected from the flare is extremely dangerous for a manned mission. Since the trip is very long the spacecraft must be equipped with protective shielding from radiation. The spacecraft must use a lot of fuel to get out of both gravitational pulls from the earth and moon then with the use of the gravity from Jupiter to slingshot to a trajectory to Pluto‚ saving energy and allowing for optimal
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starring Tom Hanks‚ Apollo 13 is a American drama film based on the book of "Last Moon" by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. At the begining‚ Jim (Tom Hanks)‚ Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise) are the crew assigned to the Appllo 13 spacecraft. Their vision is to walk on the moon. However‚ few days before launching‚ Ken was informed that he could not fly because he had in exposed to the measles a week before. Jack Swigert took his place only with three days of preparation. Jim‚ as the
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