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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unkonwn world which humans are curious about.With the developement of the technology‚ the outer-space is not a strange term to humans any more. Outer space is defined as “space beyond the atmosphere of the Earth.”(in dictronary.com) In other words‚ it is a space that is outside the globe. Humans have been exploring the universe for more than four hundrend years. People have always wanted to explore space and find other worlds.The French satirist Cyrano de Bergerac in the 17th century wrote Histoire
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Space exploration is a highly debated topic on whether or not it should be funded by the government. Currently‚ the United States spends $19.3 billion on space exploration out of its $3.95 trillion budget. Many people argue that the money needs to be spent on other issues like health care and help for the impoverished. Space exploration is an important field that the US government needs to focus on and fund because these endeavors can provide a national space defense‚ push us towards the future of
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Background: Challanger Space Shuttle disaster happened in January 28 at 11:38 am. According to the report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shutte Challanger accident‚ shortly after 1 am ET on January 27‚ NASA’s booster rocket manager‚ Larry Wear‚ asks officials of rocket maker Morton Thiokol in Utah whether cold weather on January 28 would present a problem for launch. They got the answer by late afternoon after the midlevel NASA managers are on the phone with Thiokol managers‚ who
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if the space program were to be shut down. People view the space program as a waste of money‚ but they do not seem to realize the value behind the reasons of its existence. The space program gives perspective‚ further exploration‚ and believe it or not‚ inspiration for younger generations. The space program needs to stay alive in order to prevent a piece of America from going missing. To start off with‚ the space program gives perspective. The article titled‚ “Nine Good Reasons for Space Exploration”
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to error in engineering design. The example we focus on was the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster in January 28‚ 1986. It was a disaster that really touch the public. Unfortunately‚ all the seven members of the crew including the teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe died. She was the first civilian astronaut from the President Ronald Reagan project the TISP: Teacher In Space Program. The Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA’s second space shuttle orbiter to be put into service. The shuttle also called
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Question: what was the purpose of the space race and astronomical exploration? Thesis: the U.S. and the USSR were trying to prove their scientific superiority and also protect their own territories from an attack from space. Sub Questions: How did the space race start? What drove each nation further into space? What were the achievements of the space race? Who won the space race? Essay: The space race was a mid 20th-century competition between the U.S. And the USSR. Each side used different strategies
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"the American space program had absorbed a series of high-profile embarrassments as the Soviet Union‚ with which the U.S. was competing in a so-called Space Race‚ seemed to remain one step ahead."1 Yet‚ instead of accepting defeats‚ America demonstrated its power to the Soviets and the world by the extraordinary triumph of the first moon landing in 1969. In order to fully appreciate the significance of the lunar landing of Apollo 11‚ one must review the history of the early U. S. space program‚ from
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“The Tenth and Final Mission of the Challenger Space Shuttle” The Challenger Space Shuttle exploded seventy three seconds after liftoff. All the crew on board died on January 28‚ 1986‚ all of America was in shock. How and why did it happen. Roger Bogilay told NASA the the o’rings on the shuttle would not seal right in the extreme cold. NASA previously delayed the launch six times before liftoff. At liftoff black smoke came out of the right engine booster for two seconds due to the oring being burned
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Braun. The analysis of the piece of literature I chose “Von Braun: Dreamer of Space‚ Engineer of War” by Michael J. Neufeld is quite difficult because there is a lot of controversy surrounding Von Braun and his contribution to the United States of America becoming the first country to put a man on the moon. There is‚ perhaps‚ no one in the history of spaceflight that is more crucial to unlocking the mystery of outer space and all the advantages we have received that have come with being able to travel
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