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    In the article, anecdotes are used in the passage to explain Roach’s point about humans being the most interesting part of space exploration. A story about “‘Some poor guy in a spacesuit running on a treadmill suspended” tells us about “a way, to visit space without leaving Earth”, it gives us a story into human’s interests on space exploration that shows how unpredictable we are. This supports the assertion that humans are the most interesting component of space exploration because it gets a small

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    first living thing into space. The living thing was a dog named Laika but sadly died after some time after it reach into space. Furthermore, they had even more sputnik mission in which improved life support system and reentry back into earth. Other programs they had were Luna; the first Luna mission was a failure. It tried to orbit around the moon but missed by over 3,700 miles and orbit around the sun and mars. The second Luna mission

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    Landing on the Moon On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy. Just a few days later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot on the moon for the first time in American history. Although Neil was the first to do so, Buzz was not long after him. Armstrong made a huge impact on how other countries would see America after stepping foot on the moon. In "In Event of Moon Disaster", Safire appealed to the readers emotions by talking about how they (Armstrong and Aldrin) would be "mourned

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    This is the last module for the course. Within this module we will be reflecting on the past eight weeks and what you have learned in this course. From the first flight at Kitty Hawk to landing a man on the moon, and personal computers, the later half of the 20th century brought extraordinary change to our world. After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the artist needed to find new ways to express himself or herself. Abstract Expressionism was an expressive art of profound emotion and universal

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    When it comes to leaders of the free world, there are going to be times when they all must talk to the public. In this sad event that took place at the Kennedy Center, seven astronauts were on a mission to reach the moon. Sadly, the rocket that was carrying all seven killed every member inside. When President Reagan made his speech to the public, about what just happen. I like to think that he did a great job address the public. One of the main reasons I like to agree about it was the fact that his

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    We Landed on the Moon ... Allegedly On July 20, 1969 American astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon at 20:18 UTC, allegedly. Conspiracists have a theory that the moon landing was fake, and that it was really filmed in a studio. People think that America wanted to be superior to Russia, so they faked it to show that they are more advanced in technology associated with space travel. There is a great deal of evidence from the moon landing that proves it is fake. During

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    As a member of the Apollo 11 I was one of the first men on the moon; because of me there probably won't be anymore astronauts on the moon. We landed on July, 16, 1969 with perfect conditions. Isn't it Ironic how everything went perfectly before this and now all I can do is record my story before I die. “Jimmy what's the hold up down there?” James shouted down the ships hollow interior “We spent so much time in your bloody ship and now you're delaying our walk on the moon.” “I'm

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    Apollo 13 the “Successful Failure” How did the failure of Apollo 13 actually help NASA in some ways? Well by the end of this paper it will show how and why the failure led to later success for NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Apollo 13 was an interesting exploration for many reasons, and today this paper will be showing how and why it was. First, the paper will teach about all of astronauts in space, and the people back on Earth communicating with the crew, and all of the different

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    Pioneer Venus In December of 1978, an orbiter entered Venus’ orbit. This orbiter was called “The Pioneer Venus Orbiter” one of the two spacecraft which launched Venus to collect data. Along with the orbiter, the “Pioneer Venus Multiprobe” was also sent to Venus where used it had four different probes to collect data through the surface, yet only one probe made it and transmitted the data back. The objective of this project was to create a map of Venus’ surface. The Multiprobe was a 290 kg heavy bus

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    in 1984. (NASA, 2003) Payload Specialist, Gregory Jarvis, was also on his first flight to space. Teacher in Space Participant, Sharon “Christa” McAuliffe, was a school teacher that had been selected by NASA to participate in the Teacher in Space program with the intent on reviving the interest of space travel in children across the United States. This was set to be her first mission. (NASA, 2007) The entire crew lost their lives during the shuttle accident

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