Human exploration

satellite states. During the Cold War, the United States government pushed for the expansion of the United States space program in an attempt to demonstrate power and innovation over the Russians, and in doing so, accelerated the process of space exploration and endangered the lives of their astronauts. On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, a small satellite, successfully into orbit, and the Space Race truly

Humans have been searching for a habitable extraterrestrial planet before Galileo even assembled the first telescope. Since then, we have identified 1030 extraterrestrial planets, but only an esteemed handful of these copious supply of planets would even permit the hardiest of bacteria and single-celled organisms, let alone intelligent life. Kepler-452b is one of the most speculated planets yet discovered because it orbits within the Goldilocks Zone, or the perfect distance from its star so that

the moon so we know the lander would be able to land and conduct experiments. One of the biggest reasons in which I would send a lander over a human would mainly be because of the cost and the complications. The temperatures alone range from 50-140 Kelvin according to NASA, which is not nearly suitable for humans. Landers are much cheaper than human exploration in the context and generally they are a one-way trip that can experiment longer. Also, Europa has an intense amount of radiation received per

was the victor of the space race because it successfully launched the world’s first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, leading directly to the launch of the first living creature into space with the Sputnik 2. Later, the U.S.S.R launched the first human into orbit inducing future endeavors like the launch of the first woman in space and the first-ever spacewalk. The U.S.S.R. then “kicked off the era of manned space stations with its Salyut series of orbital outposts” as the series fostered the development

What good are worlds outside of ours if we were never meant to explore them? If we, as humans, were never meant to step foot on them and study them? There are over 1024 planets, and even more moons, in the entire universe and we as humans have only stepped foot on two, earth and the moon. There is conflict in the world whether we, as humans, should try to go to the red planet, Mars, within the next fifteen years. People believe there are problems with “The Mission to Mars” consisting of the dangers

American school system for the future development of technology” (Taylor). Advanced classes were introduced in schools, which led to the founding of new technologies in order to help improve everyday lives of Americans. Technologies used for space exploration were implemented into tools that could have multiple purposes: “GPS, accurate weather predictions, satellites, and many more technologies are now available to the public because of the developments made during the Space Race”(Taylor). These new

Effects of space debris on spacecraft. a- Effects of large debris. Large debris is defined as any junk larger than 10 centimeters. Encounters with large space debris are not rare events to astronauts working in space. On several notable occasions, large debris has hit or has nearly hit space crafts. The first collision to be clearly identified was in 1996, when the operational Cerise, a French military satellite, collided with a large piece of junk from a disintegrated Ariane rocket (Reichhardt

could buy 11,687 McLaren P1 hypercars($1.6 million). What NASA does with their money can be very beneficial or a complete failure.when something goes wrong it could cost billions of dollars just because a bolt wasn't tight enough. They have even lost human lives over a failed launch. Which is considered the most valuable thing you can lose, in most situations. These are just some reason why NASA and SpaceX have controversy around them and their spending

Apollo 13, the third human lunar landing and exploration mission, had been tentatively scheduled in July 1969 for launch in March 1970, but by the end of the year the launch date had been shifted to April. In August 1969 crew assignments for Apollo 13 were announced, eventually James A. Lovell commanded the mission, with Fred Haise and John Swigert. The target for the mission was the Fra Mauro Formation, a site of major interest to scientists, specifically a spot just north of the crater Fra Mauro

to reaching further planets in the universe. Mars, as one of the most similar and closet planets to Earth, is the first few planets that scientists are interested in. Based on the article “Exploration of Mars” from Greenadviser, since early 1600s, scientists have made extensive effort to explore Mars. Exploration of the mysterious red planet has been marked by a long-term evolution: from using telescopes on Earth to sending rovers onto the