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Space Exploration
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Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930,
in Auglaize County near Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1947,
Armstrong attended the University of Purdue, but in 1949 was
called into active duty by the Navy. As a navy pilot, he flew
seventy-eight combat missions and received three medals for
his military service. The next seventeen years of his life he
spent working for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) as an engineer, astronaut, administrator, and
test pilot. NASA chose Armstrong to be an astronaut in 1962,
and his first mission was as backup command pilot for the
Gemini V mission. In 1969, after successful completion first
mission, he was name commander of the Apollo Xl mission to
the moon in 1969. His crew included Michael Collins,
command module pilot, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, lunar
module pilot. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first
man to walk on the moon, and made his famous statement,
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Aldrin joined him, and they spent two and half-hours collecting
samples, doing experiments, and taking photographs on the
lunar surface. Armstrong received numerous awards and
medals for his achievements, including the Medal of Freedom,
the highest award a United States civilian can receive.
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Solar System
The Solar System believed by scientists to have
began forming 10 to 12 billion years ago as swirling
gas and dust which formed a dense core. The core,
with most of the mass, collapsed around 5 or 6 billion
years ago and later became the Sun. The small
amount of remaining material swirled into a disk.
Some of it crashed together and formed planets.
That's the main theory, at least, and though most
scientists think that's how it happened, there are a
handful of other explanations.
The solar system consists of the Sun and the nine
planets, over 100 satellites of the planets, and a
large number of small bodies (the comets and
asteroids). The inner solar system contains the Sun,
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.The planets of the
outer solar system are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune and Pluto. The orbits of the planets are
ellipses with the Sun at one focus, though all except
Mercury and Pluto are very nearly circular. They all
orbit in the same direction (counter-clockwise looking
down from above the Sun's north pole); all but
Venus, Uranus and Pluto also rotate in that same
sense.
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Space Shuttles
Space Shuttles are the main element of America's Space
Transportation System and are used for space research
and space applications. The shuttles are the first
vehicles capable of being launched into space and
returning to earth on a routine basis. Space shuttles are
used as orbiting laboratories in which scientists and
mission specialists conduct a wide variety of scientific
experiments, and study and photograph stars, galaxies,
the planets, and other bodies in and beyond the
universe. Crews aboard space shuttles place satellites in
orbit. They also rendezvous with satellites to carry out
repairs and return them to orbit. Satellites are also
returned to earth in space shuttles for refurbishment and
reuse. In orbit, space shuttles circle the earth at a speed
of about 17,500 mph. Each orbit is about 90 minutes
and the crew sees a sunrise or a sunset every 45
minutes.
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Self-Check
1.) What was the name of
the mission that Neil
Armstrong and his crew
landed on the moon in
1969?
Gemini V
Apollo XII
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Apollo XI
Apollo X
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Correct!
2.) Which Planet is not part of
the inner solar system?
Venus
Mars
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Mercury
Saturn
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Correct!
3.) How long does it take
the crew of a space shuttle
to see a sunrise or sunset?
45 Minutes
30 Minutes
15 Minutes
60 Minutes
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Student References
Bibliography
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Student References
Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum. Aug 1998. Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum
Association. 22 Oct. 2002. <http://www.artcom.com/museums/vs/mr/45895.htm>
Armstrong, Neil, Gene Framer, and Dora Hamblin. First on the Moon. A Voyage with
Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin, Jr.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
Garber, Stephen J. The Flight of STS 1. 25 April 2001.
http://history.nasa.gov/sts1/index.html
Via, Zach. The Solar System. Oxford Press, New York, 1989.
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Bibliography
Armstrong, Neil, Gene Framer, and Dora Hamblin. First on the Moon. A Voyage with
Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin, Jr.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
“Neil Armstrong.” Who’s Who Encyclopedia. 154th ed. 2002.
Hubble Space Telescope. 23 Oct. 2002.
http://www.thehubbletelescope.com/solarsystem.html
The Nine Planets. 2001 Oct 18
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/overview.html
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The Space Shuttle. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Nov 1994.
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/PAO/PAIS/HTML/FS-015-DFRC.html
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