and in kindergarten. My teacher‚ Ms. Epton‚ brought us outside to watch the shuttle launch; something many kids have to watch on television‚ but those of us living on the coast got to witness firsthand. I remember seeing the fiery glow of the shuttle‚ the gasps by the adults‚ and quickly being hurried back into the classroom. Not much was said about what had happened‚ it was not until later that I fully understood. Space exploration was magical for my generation. If you asked any child‚ especially
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Dominic Muthert Professor Toomey English 1001 25 September 2014 Reagan’s The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address In the presidential speech‚ “The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address‚” Ronald Reagan states his sympathy for the seven lives that were lost in the devastating explosion and how the space program will continue to move forward. Reagan address’s the audience when he states‚ “We mourn their loss as a nation together.” In the second paragraph‚ Reagan illistartes “Nineteen
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the first Italian satellite‚ and one of the earliest non-Soviet/US spacecraft. Name Date Launched Nation Mission Manned/ Unmanned Voskhod 2 March 18‚ 1965 Soviet Union To show that humans could survive independently in space‚ outside of a craft‚ given an appropriate suit. Pavel Belyayev Alexey Leonov Remarks Alexey Leonov performs the first manned spacewalk during Voskhod 2 Leonov began his spacewalk 90 minutes into the mission at the end of the first orbit
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My path towards a career leads me to be an astronaut. Some of the work tasks are members of a space shuttle crew that orbits the Earth and flies to space stations‚ study and photograph the Earth‚ stars‚ and planets from space‚ and do research on space exploration. Also‚ they make sure all missions are carried out as planned and in safety. Astronauts labor in classrooms‚ flight simulators‚ space shuttles‚ and for NASA. They like to work with many flight instruments‚ onboard systems‚ spacecraft‚ spacesuits
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Dr. Laurel Clark‚ who was lost aboard the space shuttle Columbia on February 1‚ 2003 said‚ “to me‚ there’s a lot of different things that we do during life that could potentially harm us‚ and I choose not to stop doing these things.” In all of human endeavor there are challenges and difficulties. How people respond to those challenges varies. Some run or try to hide from difficulties‚ and others rise to meet the challenge and in doing‚ reveal their true selves. In the film 127 Hours‚ Aaron Ralston
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mission control on the ground and the crew in space. Self-Awareness I. Emotional awareness: Gene is effectively able to control his emotions as complications in the re-entry develop II. Accurate self-assessment: Gene knows without all the other teams responsible for the rocket design he can’t view the situation from all the angles III. Self-confidence: Jim is sure and certain when he has to determine using his instruments that the shuttle is off course. Self-regulation IV. Self-control:
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occurred. The shuttle‚ Challenger‚ blew up in front of a live audience. The space launch was being broadcasted across the United States live from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch was one of the most publicized launches due to the first civilian going into space and also that the launch had been delayed six times before. The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission detailed that the launch took place on January 28‚ 1986 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The skis about Kennedy Space Center were
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A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis and bombards a swath of land from America’s East Coast including New York City through Finland. NASA discovers that a rogue comet the size of Texas passed through the asteroid belt and pushed forward a large amount of space debris. The core of the comet‚ now considered an asteroid‚ will collide with Earth in 18 days‚ creating another extinction event. NASA scientists‚ led by Dan Truman‚ plan to trigger a nuclear detonation 800 ft
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Persuasive Essay-NASA Space Exploration Christopher Columbus theorised that the earth was flat. We later found out that the earth was actually spherical‚ this was due to significant advancement of astronomy. Such important discoveries‚ wouldn’t be possible without‚ NASA‚ space exploration‚ advances in technology‚ scientific findings and a more broadened knowledge of the universe. The illusive idea of travelling beyond our clouds has been around before the first moon landing took place. We know
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have become a reality‚ I am now part of the New York Space Station. I never finished reading the letter‚ as soon as the words ‘you have been accepted’ caught my eye i knew that I now stood the chance to go down in history. “Claire Menzies the first female astronaut”‚ I imagine that would be the headline once I become famous. It’s been four years of dedicated studying that got me to where I am now‚ about to step into the one and only New York Space Station. All I can say is that it was love at first
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