Personal Experience: What I Know and What I Want to Learn About Space

The craving of knowledge is something that has shaped the human race to what it is today. As humans, it's a necessity to have something to kindle a person’s flame of curiosity. Since the beginning of time, the world has always gazed up into the sky on a starry night and asked “what there is out there; what made this stunning view?”, “How immense is this vast expansion of space?”. These inquiries could be answered now that humans are capable of space exploration with the mechanization NASA and other space agencies have now, and will possibly take advantage of in upcoming years. The use of the stars has been very beneficial to humans, whether it’s navigation, religion, or something to spark the imaginations of many. The technology that astronauts

Space exploration needs to start happening again because the US is starting to fall behind other countries such as Russia and India. Neil Degrasse Tyson says in his book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, “The Soviets sent the first multi-person crew and the first international crew into orbit. They made the first spacewalk, launched the first space station, and were the first to put a manned space station into long-term orbit” (Tyson 122). The Soviets beat the US to everything other than the moon. The Space Race was a competition between mainly the US and Russia. Neil Degrasse Tyson says in his book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, “the USSR held that high ground until 1969, when, courtesy of von Braun and colleagues,

The space race was the event the began the interest in space exploration. It all started in 1957 during the Cold War, when there was tension between America and the Soviet Union. There was also new technology from the war. According to Murray (Date unknown) “Many people believed the nation that controlled the skies could win any war.”(para. 5). So when the Soviet Union decided to launch the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit America was not happy.

Earth science focuses on disciplines such as oceanography, meteorology, geology and astronomy where to begin with, astronomy is the study of matter outside the atmosphere of the earth. Both sciences are connected, and one influences the other, and an example is the seasons of the earth, which is determined by the location of the earth in its orbit and its distance from the sun. An individual needs both astronomical and Earth science knowledge to interpret these seasons. Another relationship between space and the earth is the moon, which has its own gravitational pull and majorly affects the earth's oceanic tides, which are created by the centrifugal

“Are we Alone? the history of astronomy has shaped the course of human society, connecting science with human spirituality and sense of wonder at the unimaginable vastness of the cosmos”. (Shuttleworth). Astronomy is the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe. Ancient astronomers attempted to explain religion rather than explain natural phenomenon.

In the 3rd grade, I watched the movie The War of the Worlds. I’d like to think my teacher was trying to introduce our young minds to the impact art could have on society. Whether or not it was intentional, he did succeed in instilling me with a sense of wonder for the planet Mars, the stars and the possibilities beyond them. While the images on screen were enthralling, I now know The War of the Worlds is just a movie, and that astronomy is the key to a true understanding of the universe. This understanding has changed drastically over the last few hundred years, morphing from civilisations worshipping the stars, to astronomers in observatories tracking their movements across the sky. But all of this is driven by the same sense of wonder I felt

Scientist and astronomers over centuries have been able to greater understand the universe due to the increase in new technology. Space technology has enabled us to put numerous theories to the test. There are several types of space technologies such as satellites, space probes and telescopes that have allowed us to analyze planets and distant galaxies. With the information gathered we can help put together how and when the universe came about.

The lead teachers will ask students: “Who can act out and explain what movements of Earth in Space contribute to day and night on Earth?”

The galaxies and space have been around for thousands and thousands of years, with our own galaxy and solar system only existing for a fraction of that amount of time. Scientists have been fascinated with researching space, the various galaxies, and planets in the solar system to try to understand their complex nature and forms. Certain scientists will gather their research by joining professional institutions that work towards the goal of uncovering and exploring the universe’s secrets. These institutions and scientists conduct their research in a variety of ways, such as sending robots they built to different planets in order to study what the planet’s materials are made out of and what types of weather patterns happen on the different planets. Other scientists can choose a different path where they use their own means to conduct their research, like working in their own private labs or renting equipment to use for the purpose of studying their exact field of scientific interest. Then there are people who didn’t go to school to get an educational degree specializing in science, but have an intense fascination with certain

This called for Epicycles, an orbit upon another orbit. This meant the planets made a second revolution in an orbit tangent to the original orbit around the Earth, which made the system very cluttered and difficult to understand.3 Copernicus did not do away with the Epicycles, but by moving the sun to the center there were much less Epicycles which intern made everything easier to understand. He called this system the Heliocentric System. The sun was the center and the earth was just another planet that revolved around the sun. The stars where distant objects that do not revolve, because the earth rotates once in 24 hours the stars appear to revolve around the Earth in the opposite direction.

The second chapter in increasing complexity explains the solar system, and our very own earth. My project is a painting of all the planets in our solar system with the sun in the center of it all. In the days where there was no separation of religion, and state, it was thought that the earth was in the middle of it all. This “truth” was then challenged by people like Ptolemy, and later confirmed using new science, and technology like Galileo's telescope. Each planet orbits around the sun; in the order of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. This order took billions of years to create, with each planet being formed by the most perfect circumstances.

The Solar System By Serenity Engel, Kahnicka Hoffman and Kendra Hylle World Geography, Period 1 I. The Solar System Our group is going to be informing you today about the mighty solar system! A solar system is made up of a sun, or star, and all of the countless objects revolving around it. Our solar system REALLY makes the world go 'round!

I, Shiloh Bellinghausen, served eight hours at Mission Arlington. During my experiences, I was able to observe all the parts of the Mission site. Mission Arlington is obviously located in Arlington, Texas. My experiences there were extremely nice to be involved in. I have only been to Mission Arlington once in my entire life even though I have grown up in this area. It was finally nice to go back for some hours. Through my latest Mission Arlington experiences, I was able to see how managers and supervisors plan, organize, lead, and control. It is a great remedy they have at Mission Arlington to serve the community and its’ people.

Specific purpose: To inform audience members on both modern and forthcoming capabilities of space travel.

In 1609, Galileo Galilei, using “spyglass” which allowed one to see things closer than they appeared, made an early version of the telescope. With it, he observed the skies in a way no one had before. He discovered the moon isn’t perfectly globular, it has craters, the Sun has sunspots, Venus orbits the Sun (contrary to widespread belief in his time), and then he observed four “stars” around Jupiter (“Our Solar System”). Within