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Frank Borman and two other former NASA astronaut, James A. Lovell and William A. Anders, completed the first manned flight around the Moon aboard Apollo 8. They stayed about 112 kilometers above the Moon’s surface for 20 hours and took pictures, which were sent back to Earth. I am quite surprised for their patience; only taking pictures for 20 hours straight. Moreover, about three years earlier, Frank Borman and James A. Lovell performed an endurance flight on Germini 7, in which they stayed in space for 330 hours and 35 minutes. That is almost 14 days! They didn’t have anything to do for 14 days, and they managed it without exploding out of boredom. During their 14-day flight, the astronauts also reported sightings of UFOs. Lovell reported

“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end,” said Robin Sharman. Advancements and progress that came from innovational minds took time and there were many obstacles and hardships. During the 1900s the world gave birth of the bright minds of the Wright Brothers that gave the world’s first successful airplane, also the modifications of the corset gave way to new fashion styles and trends and finally the tragic Galveston Hurricane paved the pathway of new mechanics and progressive ideas. Before, the thought of people being in the air and flying seemed impossible and dangerous, but the 1900s was a decade of advancement and many innovative minds such as Orville and Wilbur Wright, tried to build a “flying machine”. Unlike

As McCullough says, "The desire to find out what's not working, fix it, and then maybe get it to work is an American quality and our guiding star. " An example of this quality can be found in the Wright brothers and their determination to invent the airplane. They began their first experiments with flight in 1886 in their bike shop. By 1902, they created the glider and had many good results.

Neil Armstrong, the captain of the mission, started off as a test pilot, until he was recruited as a backup to the Gemini 5 mission. In 1966, Armstrong served as the command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission; this gave him confidence and allowed him to be part of the Apollo 11 mission. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin in the same way was a test pilot, but after the deaths in the Gemini mission crew he was promoted to backup, and eventually Apollo 11. Michael Collins, who remained in orbit around the moon in a separate aircraft during the moon walk, said during an interview, that he did not have the best seat on the mission and was always worrying about his counterparts during the moonwalk. Armstrong and Aldrin explored the surface for around two and a half hours and collected 47 pounds of material for analysis. Following that mission, many other flights were taken to the learn more about the composition, age, and most

People have wondered for many of years, what actually happens in Area 51? Well the government has declassified some papers and allowed the former workers to share some of their experiences. A document that has been declassified means that everyone can view the information. A classified document is a document that is not able to be seen by everyone. A person is only allowed to see a classified document if they have the right clearence level.

Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut is a memoir written by Astronaut Mike Mullane. Throughout his memoir, Mullane takes readers on a journey spanning the majority of his life – adventuring across southwest America with his parents and siblings, camping out under the stars and making homemade rockets, attending West Point and serving in the United States Airforce – all the way up to his retirement from the United States Air Force and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). However, from the minutia of desk life to the thrill of his three Space Shuttle missions, it is his detailed and unique insight during his time as a NASA astronaut that composes the majority of his story and is especially intriguing.

In 1946, the US Air Force began a program in secret, a program that would push the boundaries of aviation into the stratosphere. It was a hugely expensive undertaking which would require creative accounting and the full financial strength of the US government. Tens of thousands of engineering man hours, many lives, years and careers would be consumed in the attempt to unravel the secrets of flight at supersonic speed. The program was conducted in relative obscurity, far from prying eyes, in California's high desert at Muroc Army Air Base. The base was renamed Edwards Air Force Base in 1949 in honor of Capt. Glen Edwards, who was killed in a crash of the YB-49 flying wing a year earlier. The YB-49 wasn't intended to break speed records, it was an airplane that broke every configuration rule in an effort to improve efficiency and carry more bombs farther on a given load of fuel. Bomb load and range were the measures used to determine the value of a bomber in our most recent conflict, WWII. The YB-49 was a concept far ahead of its time and would reemerge in the future as the B-2 when control technology would catch up with the concept. It was a tailless, underpowered flying wing that suffered for the lack of the computers required to

North American Aviation, a company that manufactures aircraft, got an order from the British for Curtiss P-40 fighter planes; they needed planes for the inevitable war ahead. However, the president of North American had an idea for a new fighter, called the P-51 Mustang, with an Allison V-1710-39 engine. Without the engine, and with the help of experienced workers, a prototype was built in 117 days. It flew six weeks after the prototype was finished and immediately outperformed the existing fighter planes. One of its most extraordinary features was its improved wing design. It strayed from the regular wing measurements and thickness, resulting in a sleeker, faster, and more elusive

Neil Armstrong’s love for anything that could fly in the air was clearly evident. Armstrong achieved things that most people could only dream of, and did them in a calm and humble way. Although Neil Armstrong is recognized as the first man to ever set foot on the moon, he would spend the rest of his life setting many goals for the space and aviation programs. These goals would certainly show the greatness of mankind and how far we have come. Armstrong’s achievements proved to be a bright spot at the end of the difficult decade of the 1960’s during which American suffered the murder of a president, the Vietnam War, and a lot violence.

Aviation history is fascinating. It's crazy to think that only about 100 years ago, the Wright brothers took flight for the first time. Not only did men have an interest in aviation but women did too.

From an early age and through his adolescence, Neil Armstrong had an overwhelming interest in airplanes and space. The oldest of three children,

Even before the war, tethered observation balloons had been in use by the army in order to provide better vantage points, but this soon proved to be an insufficient source of information once the war began because the balloons were easily shot down. For this reason, commanders seeking advantage turned to aircraft. Eleven years had passed since the Wright brothers had invented and flown the first successful

Just5 because they had finally found a way to get such a creation in the air doesn't mean they were done . they had plenty of kinks to work out. For example, this first model plane to the Bahamas. This was the beginning of many things such as faster transportation, mail deliveries, large shipments,

aircraft are created here using the latest technology. they need created aircraft for several wars within the 20th century. They designed Drones, spy plane, and stealth planes (Edwards 27). The “Roadrunner” were angry to listen to that the woman who had interviewed them include a completely unsupported conspiracy theory. In 1949 there was a report of UFO crash within the Roswell space. it absolutely was report and investigated. when the investigation some attention-grabbing results came in. it seems it had been a Russian saucer created from technology the Russians found from the Germans when world war 2. The people that wherever piloting their saucer seemed to be aliens, however in fact they were teenagers who had undergone a lot of surgery (Stewart

Three men shivered in the cold, dark spaceship as it floated through space, unsure if they would return to Earth after the first disaster to occur in space. During the early 1960’s, America was fascinated with the Space Race. The United States became the first country to put a man on the moon, and the exploration did not stop there. Apollo 13 tells the story of three astronauts that were supposed to go to the moon. On the journey there, part of the ship exploded, causing the fuel levels to plummet. Now unable to complete the mission, the crew struggled their own disappointments and frustrations as well as the problem of how they would get home. Against the odds, Mission Control and the three crew members overcame multiple life threatening problems and managed to get the men home alive and safe.