fight with the blistering heat of gunfire‚ but with the cold progress of proxy wars and technological prowess. Neither of these superpowers wanted their ideologies to seem inferior and thus bolstered their efficiency on numerous fronts‚ including space exploration. The Soviet Union fired the first shots by launching Sputnik I and II in 1957. America responded by creating the National
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Space Shuttles: | The Life of Them | | Kionna Jones | | 7th period | 11/29/2010 | | Space Shuttles The Space Shuttle is an American spacecraft operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for orbital human spaceflight missions. The Space Shuttle is part of the Space Transportation System (STS). Space Shuttles are one of the most talked about aircrafts. The Shuttle is a reusable launch and reentry vehicle that saves on the costs that were once required
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there’s this very ambitious dream of space exploration. With the universe being so massive in size‚ with countless stars and billions of galaxies in it‚ with the Earth just being a dot in the whole thing‚ it makes me think‚ what’s out there? That is what space exploration has been trying to answer. “Space Race”‚ have you heard about it? It was between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 20th century. Two countries fighting over which had the upper hand in space flight capability. A lot of people
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lightweight space shuttle in the 1970’s‚ but they needed a test vehicle in those times‚ computer technology was not as good‚ and advanced like now so they had no way to see how the shuttle would react to heat‚ and stress according to Nasa’s website.The Challenger broke apart 73 seconds while in liftoff on January 28‚ 1986 which killed the 7 astronauts on board‚ and the reason for the incident was because of a booster failure.On April 4th‚ 1983‚ and saw the first spacewalk of the space shuttles program
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The Real Reasons We Explore Space "When you ask people what we do‚ beyond thr broad category of "space"‚ they aren’t quite sure. And if you ask them what we’re planning to do‚ they’re even less sure. But they know that they love NASA. So NASA has what in the marketing dicipline would be called very strong brand loyalty‚ even though people are not familiar in detail with what we do or why they like it‚" says Michael Griffin. From 2005 to 2009 Michael Griffin served as the administrator of
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bottom of the rocket. It starts rising‚ towards the sky. Everyone is staring in awe. This is just the beginning to a whole new world. Some nations believe that space exploration is useless‚ while other humans think it is valuable. Space exploration is beneficial because it shows up in societies life‚ and improves the medical industry. Space exploration benefitted the medical industry. Astronauts help find new information‚ that improves health of hospitalized patients. For example‚ “Research into astronaut
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1960’s for the United States: the Space Race. This heated competition began between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union‚ lead to immense costs‚ heightened rivalries and a blooming of scientific discoveries in the space exploration field. The extensive Space Race was just an element to the Cold War‚ an expanding strain between the Allies and Axis powers. Each side wanted to exceed the other’s accomplishments. While the Cold War and 1950’s Space Race created intense debates and
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The final act in the space race was when the United States put a man on the moon‚ beating the Soviet Union who had started the space racy by launching the first satellite called Sputnik. In an attempt to land on the moon the Soviet Union failed four times between the years of 1969 and 1972. The entire world’s attention was taken over throughout the Space Race‚ also the multitude of scientific discoveries by both the United States and Soviet Union’s space programs were covered almost every
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Is the space race really worth it? In a world embroiled in endless problems‚ starting from rising food and oil prices‚ poverty‚ hunger‚ illiteracy‚ high infant mortality rate‚ terrorism to the threat of global warming and climate change‚ one may question the significance of the world beyond ours. In a state of global political and social instability‚ is the space race really worth it? Taking into account the 8 millennium development goals‚ projected to be achieved by 2030 instead of 2015‚ and the
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On January 28‚ 1986‚ NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger exploded just seconds after its liftoff killing all seven passengers on board. In the time of mourning following the horrific space shuttle disaster‚ President Ronald Reagan delivered a speech that offered condolences to the families of the victims from both him and the rest of the country. Reagan‚ first‚ was on live television to give a report on the State of the Union‚ but he found it necessary to acknowledge the tragedy that had just taken
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