Spacecraft

We are going to design a well-operable mission by carefully thinking about the risks of the mission, working out the problems we may meet and scientifically design the method we are going to use. Although Cassini spacecraft has been traveled to Saturn before, only a little information has been gathered through the fly-by detection. So we are expecting to land on Enceladus and conduct a much more detailed research. For example, it may help us to understand the topography…

and I watched in horror as a football sized ball of lightning came smashing into his chest. He said nothing he didn’t even scream he just stared at me and fell over backwards, dead. screechers we call them, they came only a year ago in great big spacecraft 10 times larger than our own. We don’t know much about them where they came from, what they want and why us but we do know that they are killing us and that we won’t let them. I turned 15 only 9 months ago which means I have been helping to…

The Apollo Missions are a very important part of the space explorations project that the United States of America underwent. The missions consisted of tests and planning that ultimately landed men upon the moon. This was a great feat for mankind and allowed us to further investigate space technology and transform it into what we have today so that we might be able to further discover the world around us (Nasa). These missions allowed for us to understand the moon and it’s relationship to the…

The number one question that has been asked all over the world. Are aliens real? There are about six billion people on earth and everyone has a different point of view. There have been sighting all over the world. According to CNN “Sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena have increased, and in 1948 the U.S. Air Force began an investigation of these reports called Project Sign.” Unknown objects have been captured on camera by private individuals, professional pilots and the military. Even in…

According to Space.com, Walter Cunningham and the people of his crew, did not get honored with NASA’s biggest award, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. Apollo 7 was the first manned Apollo mission, but they did not get awarded with this award until forty years later. The mission was at 1968, and the crew got the award at Oct 17, 2008. I can connect with him because I usually don’t get recognition if I do something good in the house. According to NASA he majored in physics. I find physics…

Moon Landings True or False? The moon landings.... are they true or are they false? well… some people don't know the answer to that even I don't. But today… I am going to tell you what I think about it and maybe you will think the same. I know that some kids did not know that people were arguing about whether they were real or not. I did not even know I thought it was real my whole life, but some people have different opinions about it. Everyone knows who Neil Armstrong is… he was the…

NACA became NASA in 1958 (national Aeronautics and Space Administration). Upon leaving the Flight Ma=mechanics Branch, Ms. Johnson moved over to the Spacecraft Controls Branch where she calculated the flight trajectory. This was very important because this then lead Alan Shepard the first American to the moon. This launched in 1957 of the Soviet Satellite Sputnik changed history and Katherine’s life. She…

Where in this universe is it extremely cold and windy? Well not only does Antarctica have such horrendous conditions, but the planet Neptune does as well! The name Neptune originates from the Roman god Neptune. Which means “The God of the Sea” in in Roman mythology, which is the equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon. Some people actually venerate these gods in a ceremony called Lectisternium, and offered food to gods and goddesses. Neptune is also the fourth biggest planet in our solar…

(Apollo 9). It returned ten days later on 13 March 1969. Following Apollo 9, on 18 May 1969, Apollo 10 launched and was the second mission to orbit the moon. Apollo 10 returned on 26 May 1969 and was “...the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate around the moon” (Apollo 10). Mission 10 was a trial for the famous Mission 11, just without landing on the…

Neil Armstrong began his career at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) as well as NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in Ohio. He first joined NACA in 1955, and was first assigned to be in Cleveland to work with the NACA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn Research Center). When he was driving from Cleveland to southern California, he stopped by northern Wisconsin, where he asked Shearon to marry him and go with him to California. In January 1956, Neil and Janet…