Apollo 13

out of nowhere cutting there Kennedy's ship in half. Only 2 men were lost. At #4 is Apollo 11. The reason it is so high on the list is because there is a rumor going around saying the first moon landing is a hoax. One of the biggest rumors is that it is totally fake because in one of the pictures, there is no stars in the sky. There are so many rumors that they can’t explain all of them. But then again, Apollo 11 was the first moon landing. So thanks to Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and…

In the the movie Gravity Ryan Stone and her partner Matt Kowalsky are pushed to the limits to save their lives. After Matt sacrifices his own life to keep Ryan alive she is then forced to continue the journey back to Earth alone. Although Ryan does not have much to live for, her will to live allows her to strive to keep living for herself and her partner Matt. All of Ryan’s persistence and her will to live gets her back to Earth safely although she lost the life of her friend, Matt. The movie…

One of the biggest emerging conspiracies in the United States lies at the nation’s largest airport. For many years, the Denver International Airport has been subject to many conspiracies from people all over the country. Conspiracy theorists claim that something sinister and mischievous is going on at the airport and have many reasons and explanations to back up their claims. The major areas where conspiracies are forming are based on five main factors; the cost, underground areas below the…

Research Question How did the supposed alien landing at Roswell, although seemingly debunked, help create a global followings of alien believers? History and Debate Aliens have been in a part of popular culture since the 19th century, H. G. Wells War of the Worlds being a prime example. It wasn’t until the discovery of a metallic disk by a factory foreman in the town of Roswell in 1947 that the ball that is alien conspiracy theories started rolling. Although the idea of an alien space craft…

As Neil Armstrong took those monumental first steps, 240,000 miles away, back on Earth, one 9 year old boy's curiosity ignited. A young Chris Hadfield knew, without a doubt, he wanted to be an astronaut. There was just one problem; he was Canadian. There had never been a Canadian astronaut and still wouldn't be for another 15 years. That didn't stop Chris though; from that day on every decision he made was with his dream in mind. We all have a far-out dream like Chris that we mostly keep to…

President and CHief Executive, John f. kennedy, in his national speech,”to the moon”, promotes the notion of America to obtain the title of ‘the first country to reach the lunar surface’. kennedy’s purpose is to persuade the citizens of the United States to back the vision of lunar exploration. He adopts an influential tone in order to persuade citizens that the united states should conduct the first step taken on the moon. as America engages in the space race, during the cold war, the…

about the Apollo mission being fake seems illogical. My perspective about this is that the U.S actually did land on the moon. Those who do not believe may want to reconsider their view towards this issue. This paper, will present evidence supporting the statement of why I believe that the moon landings did occur and try to discredit any fake information presented in the…

“I could have been the last person to walk on the moon” He’s a hero to many of us who have followed the world of Apollo. Michael Collins, attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and afterward began his career in the sky. His first spaceflight was the Gemini 10 mission, where he performed a spacewalk. His second was Apollo 11 the first lunar landing in history. Also the first person to orbit the moon in a Command Module all alone with no communication. His courage and…

It’s the early 1960s and the aerospace industry is slowly starting to begin to thrive, in sunny Florida. When Moonport was placed on Cape Canaveral it changed Florida greatly. For the residents of the Sunshine state it created jobs, and increased tourism, causing the economy to increase. This film communicated a lot of information, mainly how economy in Florida changed, the film also covered the specific audience that it was reaching towards, as well as what life in Florida was like. According…

Rockets just don't get to the moon by themselves. No, it takes men! Men to build them, men to fly them, men to plot their complicated trajectories! White men! Or so the thinking went back in 1961, back when America's Mercury space program was just getting off the ground. Yes, there were people other than men at NASA working too mission is to explore space and aeronautics, or flight research. There are quite a few women working in the space program. Some of those women work at Langley's West…