Kennedy Center Honors

Recently SpaceX has been having some problems with its Falcon 9 rocket. The company ran into the first problem with the rocket in 2015 when the Falcon 9 rocket exploded on its way to the International Space Station. The rocket was on contract with NASA to deliver supplies to the station this was the seventh trip of the twelve trip contract. This problem was found to be a faulty strut on the upper oxygen tank. The strut was one of hundreds that were inside the tank. The issue with the strut was that

This week’s assignment brought back a lot of memories for me. It made me think back to what I was doing and how this tragedy impacted not only me, but also the United States as a whole. Going through this simulation gave me a little more insight into what actually happened and how this tragedy could have possibly been avoided had NASA’s management team taken heed to the engineers and others who advised them to bring in someone to do a complete inspection of the shuttle. During this simulation, I

The Challenger Disaster: Fated Before Liftoff In 1986 when the space shuttle Challenger launched from Kennedy Space Center people watched in awe for a little more than a minute before the shuttle exploded in flight. This was the first of only two major accidents that occurred during over two decades of NASA’s shuttle program and many would consider it to be a fluke that could not have been prevented or predicted. In truth the Challenger disaster was an accident waiting to happen and was a symptom

President Regan ordered an immediate postponement of the Space Shuttle Program. The U.S. Congress then authorized an investigation of the Challenger disaster. It was a cold morning when Challenger was supposed to fly into space. Several NASA officials urged that the launch be postponed for warmer weather conditions. Since the NASA Launch Decision Team had okayed several space shuttles launches at and below that present temperature and had gotten away with it, the order was ignored (Howell). Seventy-three

In the year of 2003, on February 1, a tragic accident had occurred in the atmosphere above Texas as the space shuttle called Columbia was on it’s way to land at the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle itself was on its 28th mission and was just one of the five space shuttles that was used amongst NASA. But on this particular day, it wasn’t like the rest because astronauts are supposed to return home safely; that’s not what happened on this day. There were seven astronauts that were inside the shuttle

schoolers had taken a brief tour of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, which houses the space shuttle Atlantis. They would actually get to visit the shops and kiosks on Friday, the day after. Onto the subject of the rocket itself. Mostly yellow, the Saturn V rocket is the only functional rocket still fully intact. This is because it has never been out of Earth's orbit, much less in space. The length? The equivalent of 9 KSC (Kennedy Space Center) tour buses. In other words - and measurements-

English 102 Elisabeth Greer March 26, 2015 Politics over Science On January 28, 1986, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the space shuttle Challenger. The launch was held in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the Kennedy Space Center. The Challenger shuttle carried seven crew members, including pilots, aerospace engineers and a citizen. Unfortunately, after it launched, the space shuttle broke apart and hit the ocean. The failure of the mission traumatized the whole nation

Challenger was rescheduled to launch on January 28, 1986 at 9:38 AM Eastern Time at Kennedy Space Center, Florida 2.0 CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE LAUNCH One day before the launch, NASA personnel became concerned because of the predicted Florida weather on the early hours of January 28 would be unusually cold, the temperature was expected to be as low

The night before the scheduled launch of Challenger, a teleconference was held between engineers and management from the Kennedy Space Center, Marshal Space Flight Center in Alabama and Morton-Thiokol in Utah.ii Boisjoly, and Ernie Thompson another engineer from Thiokol knew this was their last chance to stop the flight from taking off. Robert Lund, Thiokol's Engineering Vice President showed

Case: NASA Davenport University Due: November 5, 2013 Introduction The end of the space shuttle program has brought a great loss to NASA and the employee at the Kennedy Space Center. This loss not only effect the direct employees but have also effect the contractors at Alliant Techsystem, whom was task with much of the construction of the Ares rocket that would catapult the Orion capsule and known as one of the most established supplier for NASA. As the space shuttle program come to