Space Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (93) essays
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Space Exploration
... decade of the 20th century. In its first two decades, robot probes and then human beings first ventured beyond the limits of the Earth's atmosphere and landed on another celestial object, the Moon. Probes have since gone on to explore the far realms of the solar system and beyond. Although the space ...
Neil Armstrong
... space activities, except for those that were primarily military. Armstrong served as a civilian test pilot at Edwards Air Base in Lancaster, California. In 1962 Armstrong became the first civilian to enter the astronaut-training ...
Our Solar System
... The crystalline silicon solar cell was one of the first types to be developed and it is still the most common type in use today. They do not pollute the atmosphere and they leave behind no harmful waste products. Photovoltaic cells work effectively even in cloudy weather and unlike solar heaters ...
Moon Exploration, The Apollo program
... the CM and orbited the moon while, Neil Armstrong and Col. Edwin Aldrin Jr. landed down on the moon. The landing took place in Mare Tranquillitatis (the Sea of Tranquility) 'at 4:17:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time with this report: 'Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.'' Neil Armstrong ...
The Veil Nebula
... the distance to an object such as the Veil Nebula. Recent studies made using the Hubble Space Telescope indicate the Veil Nebula may lie as close as 1,470 light-years. In 2003, researchers using the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite measured the distance of a star behind the ...
Space Tourism: The Ansari X Prize, SpaceShipOne, SpaceShipTwo and Spaceport America
... be scattered throughout the craft to allow passengers to get views of surrounding space and the Earth below. The cabin is designed to be roomy and will have an interior height of at least seven feet. A dual redundancy system will be in place to operate the ...
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Experience
... the Gemini and used the retro rockets to regain control of his craft, but the astronauts had to make an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean. Neil Armstrong was chosen as commander for his next mission. Apollo 11 would be the first ever lunar landing mission launched and Armstrong ...
This is an essay about the tragedies of space travel.
... Earth. A faulty valve opened at the time of the orbital module's separation, allowing the descent module's atmosphere to leak into space. Soyuz '18-1' (5 April 1975): the second crew was launched to the Salyut 4 space station, but the central core of the Soyuz launcher failed to separate from the ...
Life Outside Our Biosphere
... the population off the Earth, to colonies established either on other planets or on orbiting space stations. This will lessen strain on the world's land resources by providing more agricultural area, and will help solve problems associated with overcrowding. In our solar system ...
Women's Contributions to Aeronautics and Space: Historical Milestones
... the first six women to be accepted into the astronaut- training program. Today, Lucid is a veteran of five space flights. She served as Mission Specialist on four Space Shuttle flights and gained international fame as Board Engineer 2 on Russia's space ...