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    People have been "predicting" the end of world for quite some time now. However, now a new contender emerges. Not just one, two, or even 20 sources have come forth in 2016 reporting strange events. The number is in the hundreds if not thousands. Between UFO sightings, meteor crashes and more, something big is bound to happen in 2017 and NASA knows. END OF WORLD 2017: ALIENS OR ASTEROIDS? NASA SILENT Do you think it's a coincidence that in 2016, alien sightings have been at an all time high? This

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    “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind…” The entire U.S. held their breath as Neil Armstrong, an american astronaut, was the first man ever to set foot on the moon. To this day, Neil is remembered as a great and patriotic man who helped to further America’s mission to get to space. He is a very impressive man who had a strong faith, and an interesting history. Neil Alden Armstrong was born to Viola Louise Engel and Stephen Koenig Armstrong on August the 5th, 1930 in Wapakoneta

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    July 16, 1969, three American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin - took their seats in a spaceship "Apollo 11". They had a key task: to land on the moon and return to Earth. Then came the long-awaited moment. At 16 hours 32 minutes’ giant booster "Saturn 5", enveloped in smoke and flames, broke away from the launch platform and rapidly began to move away, taking with them three earthlings. They had to make the most difficult flight, the likes of which has not yet happened

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    I had experienced to travel Southern States of America when I was getting my master degree. During that time, my friends and I went to Florida and New Orleans to visit famous places there. We visited Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the east coast of Florida. We had to pay USD 50 each person to go inside this 140.000 acres complex which has launched many space shuttles into the sky. When we first bought the tickets, we couldn’t hold both of the excitement and admiration. It was not the usual

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    Although being stuck on Mars seems like a far-fetched idea to most of us, that is exactly what happened to Mark Watney in Andy Weir’s latest science fiction novel, The Martian. Six days after he arrived on the planet on a scheduled NASA mission, the crew experiences a catastrophic dust storm and leave the planet headed towards Earth. One kind of very big problem, they leave him behind. The novel discusses about his survival on Mars for years until a controversial decision by his crew may allow him

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    Kelsey White May 2016 General Science Final A rocket ship by definition is a spaceship that is propelled by rockets. NASA’s definition of a rocket ranges anywhere from a type of engine to a type of vehicle that uses this engine. Rockets have been around since the early 1200s when the Chinese used them as fireworks, but modern rocketships have only been around since the late 1950s. The first rocket-propelled spacecraft was launched in 1957. This ship, the sputnik 1, was sent into orbit by the

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    Do you believe in UFOs? Do you believe in alien life? How about NASA and government cover-ups? Footage from NASA Earth orbit shuttle missions published by YouTube channel secureteam10 offers “undeniable” proof of alien ships. I use the word “undeniable” loosely. Because NASA and the government find new ways, and old, to describe possible alien UFO sightings. The tone of the secureteam10 commentator has a more sober tone than usual. It is almost convincing. Could this footage of UFOs captured by NASA

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    Laika Animal Testing

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    Would you want your best pet to go to space for testing? Laika was a dog who was sent to space but died during the first hour. Laika was also a test subject in order to know how animals will react in the space race. Was animal testing necessary for the space race? It is not right to send helpless animals with families to space without someone to take care of them. Laika a dog was sent by itself to space for testing. As stated in the text "The truth of the matter, which wouldn’t be revealed for

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    ​Did you know that in the year 1957, the Soviet Union sent the dog Laika into space? The Russians did this so that they did not have to sacrifice humans. Animal testing was necessary during the Space Race to save human lives. The famous space race began in 1957 between the Soviet Union and the United States. Both racing to be the first to space and the moon. Researchers with both teams during the space race thought it would be a better idea to send animals rather than send humans and risk their

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    The 20th century was an amazing period of technological advancement. It progressed from horse and buggies to moon landings, multi-megaton hydrogen bombs, and jet aircraft like the SR-71 that flew so fast (mach 3) and high (80,000 feet) that even missiles couldn't come close to knocking it out of the sky. With explosive technological growth like that, surely by now we'd at least have flying cars like the Jetsons. This car misconception that started after the 2nd world war and continued through the

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