the steps to the road‚ the steps to church‚ the number of dishes and silverware I washed… Anything that could be counted‚ I did.” (Katherine Johnson) Katherine Johnson was an amazing‚ African-American mathematician who contributed significantly to NASA and has received many awards on account of her contributions. To begin‚ Katherine Johnson was born in White Sulfur Springs‚ West Virginia‚ on August 26‚ 1918‚ to Joylette and Joshua Coleman. Katherine was the youngest of four children. As a child
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Anglada-Escude. He recently wrote a letter to aliens on Proxima b. And NASA may not be too happy about it. The aliens the letter was sent to live on a planet very similar to our own. So researchers believe. And this planet is actually not too far away‚ with respect to how big the universe is. The letter is very welcoming. And it even covers a few political and pop culture points our alien friends‚ or enemies‚ may enjoy. NASA not happy about the letter to aliens on Proxima b; will the space agency
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space. NASA made Voyager 1 unmanned‚ so that it could travel faster and for a long period of time. They also didn’t want any distractions other than what the celestial body looked like in a spacecraft’s point of view. Voyager 1 travels at roughly 17.5km/s‚ and any unnecessary weight on the craft would cause it to break. Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on the 5 September 1977. It was launched‚ 16 days after its twin Voyager 2. It has been on its mission for 39 years! It costed NASA $250
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following statement about the origin of the Board: “From its inception‚ the Board has considered itself an independent and public institution‚ accountable to the American public‚ the White House‚ Congress‚ the astronaut corps and their families‚ and NASA”. In declaring to whom they are accountable‚ the primary audience is clearly defined. The relationship that exists between the audiences can also be inferred from this statement. All of the people that were mentioned were affected in one way or
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soon a Neil got out of Blume high school‚ he got accepted into Purdue University and started taking classes in aeronautical engineering (Armstrong Museum). In 1962 Neil Armstrong was accepted into the NASA center as an astronaut and he then moved to El Lago‚ TX so he could be closer to the Houston’s NASA manned space center (Armstrong Museum). Neil Armstrong got to test many airplanes for them which he absolutely loved to do. his favorite airplane that he got to test was the X-15‚ and he got to fly
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a two-year delay on April 24th‚ 1990 from the space shuttle Discovery. This telescope has a length of 13.2 meters and a weight at launch that was 11‚110 kg. It is a space-based optical reflective telescope that observes distant and faint objects. (NASA) One of the most important discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope has to be that it has revealed the age of the universe to be 13 to 14 billion years old‚ this was a huge improvement from the earth based telescopes that had a much larger range of
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fiction adventure movie which goes in for the idea of texture and tics and human behavior. In order to survive on Mars‚ Mark applies his scientific knowledge to his situation using applications of math and science‚ and he finds a way to communicate with NASA experts and the world. The movie in an indirect way discusses the possibilities of man’s future in space. The crew of the Ares III on their 18-sol of 31-sol expedition was in a mission on the mars faced an unexpectedly strong storm which forced them
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the organization in the United States that is responsible for conducting space exploration. The United States Congress established NASA in 1958; it requires the agency to share information about its research. This allows NASA to work with both other government agencies and business to develop products for commercial use. ( Brinson‚ L 2011). People may believe that funding spent by the NASA on space exploration could be used in a better
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answers to satisfy my curiosity. This quality has a good side; with curiosity I also expand my knowledge in many subjects that I am interested in. I will use my major in Aerospace to satisfy my curiosity of space flight and achieve my goals to work for NASA. One of the main reasons I want to enroll in Purdue is over the years‚ I have become more interested in space because of how little we know about it. There are so many mysteries that we still have not discovered about this universe‚ for example;
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Space Shuttle Challenger & Columbia Accidents Engineers have designed the world we live in. They are the ones that research what is safe and what is not‚ they are the ones that bring blue prints to life. However‚ this power can backfire on them. Engineers are expected to create products that are safe for everyone. The engineer affects many people ’s lives. A single fault can possibly result in the death of a person. A serious fault can lead to the deaths of several people. It is of paramount importance
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