Chinese Moon Festival In United States there are some holidays that are celebrated together with family‚ like Thanksgiving‚ Christmas and Independence Day. In China‚ we also have family reunion days and the Moon Festival is one of them. The Moon Festival is also known as Mid-Autumn Festival or the Zhongqiu Festival. Of course‚ this festival has equivalents in other countries‚ such as Japan‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ the Philippines and South Korea. If you are not familiar with the Chinese Moon Festival
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The First Man On The Moon In the early 1950’s‚ the United States of America and the Soviet Union competed in the greatest race of all time. This competition quickly gets the name of the race to space‚ more specifically the “race to the moon” by different journalist and reporters from both country Americans and Soviet.Many analysts and specialists of still confuse about the real reasons of this “race”‚ what start it‚ why they start it‚ why go on the moon. Two relevant articles inform
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landed.” Those were the words that send everyone into an elated state and that marked the greatest achievement of mankind: the moon landing. The planning and success of such caused a variation of opinions and affected people in different ways. This is observed in multiple texts‚ such as “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon” published by The Times of London; “In Event of Moon Disaster”‚ a poignant speech given by President Nixon; “The July 16‚ 1969‚ Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness”
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Author’s Craft Essay The book New Moon by Stephenie Meyer used many different author’s craft techniques to accomplish certain goals. New Moon is a fantasy story about a girl named Bella Swan who’s in love with a dangerous vampire. In New Moon Bella’s vampire boyfriend‚ Edward‚ leaves her for “her own safety” causing her to go into depression. Many months later Bella finds him in trouble and it’s her turn to save him. New Moon contains many different author’s craft techniques like dialogue‚ symbols
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The 8 Phases of the Moon Phase 1 - New Moon - The side of the moon that is facing the Earth is not lit up by the sun. At this time the moon is not visible. Phase 2 - Waxing Crescent - A small part (less than 1/2) of the moon is lit up at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger. Phase 3 - First Quarter - One half of the moon is lit up by the sun at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger. Phase 4 - Waxing Gibbous - At this time half
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Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१‚ lit: moon vehicle[3][4] [pic]pronunciation (help·info)) was India’s first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008‚ and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft with a modified version of the PSLV‚ PSLV C11[2][5] on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre‚ Sriharikota‚ Nellore District‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ about 80 km north of Chennai
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Man On The Moon In the 1900’s space flight was just a topic of the future. But on June 20th‚ 1969 the US successfully landed a crew of men on the surface of the moon. The moon landing‚ Apollo 11 is considered one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of mankind. The purpose of the moon mission was to beat the Soviet Union in the space race which president at the time‚ John F. Kennedy made sure of. With the Soviets attempting to reach the moon USA’s finest scientists got together and through
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The story begins on the 16th of July 1969 which was when the Apollo 11 crew took off from the United States of America and the 20th was when they supposedly landed on the moon. This was also when the conspiracy was erected. It is a conspiracy about an accused moon landing hoax by NASA that involves Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins‚ and Edwin Aldrin who are the believed main culprits of this event. But Hundreds of thousands of other people including astronauts‚ scientists‚ engineers‚ technicians‚ and
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Long and Short Term Causes of Moon Landing i. Establish Lunar Base - Wernher von Braun idea ii. Moon exploration program started during Eienhower era iii. Soviet success with Yuri Gagarin being put into space caused Kennedy to search for program to catch Americas imagination iv. Kennedy asked his vice president Lyndon Johnson to come up with such a plan. v. As Johnson was from Texas he proposed space idea because NASA base in Houston and would provide economically for them. vi. Kennedy said
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Adam Roch 10/31/12 Mr. Prince 3rd Period Research and Report on the Current State of Knowledge of: Certain Small Bodies in the Solar System Enceladus Type of object- Moon (Saturn) Size- Enceladus has a mean diameter of 314 miles‚ one-seventh the diameter of our Moon. In diameter Enceladus is small enough to fit within the length of the island of Great Britain. It could also fit comfortably within the states of Arizona or Colorado‚ although as a spherical object its surface area is much
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