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    The Race to Space Essay

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    world watched as the U.S. and Russia went head to head in a battle that would change the world forever. The space race began with the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957 as Roy Silver and other

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    Moon Impact Probe

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    Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१, lit: moon vehicle[3][4] [pic]pronunciation (help·info)) was India's first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft with a modified version of the PSLV, PSLV C11[2][5] on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north of Chennai

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    Author Timothy Ferris has made many key contributions to writing in the sciences and to science in general. These contributions include the studying of our solar system by telescope, helping to produce the Voyager phonograph record, being a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, winning the science-writing medal of the American Institute of Physics, and becoming a Guggenheim fellow. Ferris has produced many scientific findings and awarded writings that have influenced

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    Juno Research Paper

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    Juno has a magnetometer that is used to measure magnetism. Along with a magnetometer, Juno also has a microwave radiometer used to measure microwaves also known as energy emitted at sub-millimeter-to-centimeter wavelengths (at frequencies of 1-1000GHz). Juno also has a Jupiter Energetic Particle Detector Instrument (JEDI). JEDIs were invented to collect data on energy, spectra, mass species (H, He, O, S) and angular distributions. The plan for JEDI is to study the energies and distribution

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    Space probes are our doorway to the rest of our solar system, allowing us to find new information about our universe. Space probes travel to other planets, moons, comets, and any other body in space. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are also traveling outside of our solar system in order to further explore. As the space probes travel, and once they reach their destination, they constantly measure the environment around them with extremely interesting scientific instruments. Many space probes have been launched

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    Stoddard CP US History 9 Ms. Hamburger The Sputnik Program Imagine a bowling ball weighing 187 pounds whizzing around the earth at around 18000 MPH, at this speed it would go around the earth in 96 minutes, this is Sputnik 1. In 1926, Robert Goddard revolutionized the industry, he had tested and successfully launched the first liquid fuel engine, altering the rocket industry forever. In 1942 the Germans developed the V2 rocket. The V2 was the world 's first guided, long

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    Anthony. They often arrived at the same time, and Nicholas found Anthony’s attitude towards Division 3 to be too hopeful. Nia Bio-Tech had eight divisions total (evidently mimicking the eight colonies) each with its own goals and purpose. Division 1 dealt with artificial materials, Division 2 and 3 were each experimental food supplies divisions, with 2 being lab oriented and 3 being design oriented, and Divisions 4-7 each worked with different organisms that lived in the cave systems around the

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    Apollo 1 was a big disaster for NASA, and tragic for their mission of going to space. Many things could have been prevented from the accident ever occurring, and no one would have died. The disaster of Apollo 1 was the first accident for NASA, because of them not looking at each equipment Apollo 1 was NASA first attempt at going to space. Three astronauts were set to take place. Apollo 1 was set to take off in December 1966, but that never happened(history nasa gov). 15 minutes before the spaceship

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    George Orwell’s thesis that words can and will be used as political tools is absolutely correct, because speech can be twisted and used as a weapon to obscure, change, or manipulate the true context or meaning behind a thought or action. George Orwell warned about the manipulation of language and the underlying fascism that was around during the time of his writing that was connected with language. During the time of his writing Adolf Hitler and Mussolini had both just fallen from power and Orwell

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    Stephanie Gonzalez Mr. Grossi American History Honors 27 February 2017 What If The Soviet Union Had Won The Space Race? A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, the Soviet Union set the Space Race in motion. With satellites being launched and men being sent to the moon, competition was heavy between the United Sates and the U.S.S.R Eventually the U.S. won this race, but imagine for a second how different life would have been if this super power had been defeated. If the Soviet Union had won

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