The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28‚ 1986‚ when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight‚ leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the coast of central Florida‚ United States‚ at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). Disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The O-ring failure caused a breach in the SRB joint it sealed
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makes many question if his run was successful. The major inventions and ideas that were produced from JFK have helped America in various ways‚ yet the setbacks may have caused some everlasting harm. Many successful breakthroughs of technology and spacecraft have been invented during the presidency of JFK. After the Soviets launched the first satellite into space‚ president Kennedy announced he would like to send a man into space.
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established in March‚ 1999 in London by Richard Branson and begins regularly send civilians into space from 2011. Booking a seat on VSS Enterprise spacecraft costs approximately £140.000 which has been done already by 80.000 customers by now. In exchange – after an only 3 days training at the Mojave Spaceport (where the construction of the spacecrafts take place as well) - the passengers can get a 3.5 hours long sub-orbital space experience 21.000 m away from the earth‚ enjoy and discover the weightlessness
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Will serve as the company chair. 2008 NASA selects the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle and the reusable Dragon spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station after the space shuttles retire. 2010 Makes a cameo appearance in Iron Man 2. Director Jon Favreau cites Musk as an inspiration for Tony Stark. 2012 SpaceX’s Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to berth with the ISS . Inventions Elon Musk is best known for being the co-founder of PayPal‚ a money-transfer
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San Marco Italian Satellite San Marco was an Italian earth atmosphere satellite. The launch vehicle was provided by NASA and had been launched with an Italian launch crew. There were a total of five launches of the San Marco satellite‚ beginning on December 12‚ 1964‚ and the last launch on March 25‚ 1988. This Italian satellite was used for atmospheric density studies. The Italian-built San Marco Satellite was a cooperative space effort between the Italian Space Commission (CRS) and NASA. The primary
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Vaughn 1 Caleb Vaughn Joiner 2nd Pd English 2/20/14 Space Exploration Space Exploration is an interesting part of today’s society. There are kids across the world with lifelong dreams of becoming an astronaut. Although many may think space exploration is a great thing and we should keep progressing in it‚ space exploration is a waste of time because of the medical effects to crew members‚ the countless money we spend on it‚ the environmental effects‚ and the dangers of the unknown universe
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Hanna Moradi TCS 004 Professor Ravetto-Biagioli February 17‚ 2011 TITLE GOES HERE SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most significant films in the science-fiction film community. Made in 1968‚ the film revolves around the ideas of the evolution of humans‚ the advancement of technology‚ space travel‚ and extraterrestrial lifeforms. Stanley Kubrick presents the film in a completely groundbreaking and futuristic light with innovative special effects‚
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SpaceX designs‚ manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. Musk serves SpaceX as the CEO and Lead Designer. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit (happened in December 2010). In May 2012‚ company made history again when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station‚ exchanged cargo payloads‚ and returned safely to Earth. This was previously done only governments
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supervise the manufacture of aircraft‚ spacecraft‚ and missiles. . . Aerospace engineers develop new technologies for use in aviation‚ defense systems . . . They may also specialize in a particular type of aerospace product‚ such as commercial aircraft‚ military fighter jets‚ helicopters‚ spacecraft‚ or missiles and rockets and‚ may become experts in aerodynamics‚ thermodynamics . . .” (US Government). The idea of flying‚ building fighter jets‚ helicopters‚ spacecrafts or missiles has great appeal to me
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URANUS I. Name: URANUS • Ancient Greek deity of the Heavens‚ the earliest supreme god; • Son and mate of Gaia; • The father of Cronus (Saturn); • Grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter); • The only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology rather than Roman mythology: II. Characteristics • Dim; • Slow orbit; • Atmosphere contains more "ices" such as water‚ ammonia and methane‚ along with traces
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