NASA has built its newest space shuttle which is made to set records and take humans further than they have ever gone before to explore unmapped territory, asteroids, and the Red Planet, Mars. There was a test flight scheduled for this amazing machine to fly on Thursday December 4, 2014 but the launch time continued being delayed for multiple reasons. The new apparent launch date is Friday December 5, 2014 at 7:05 AM ET. This amazing new space shuttle has been named Orion, like and after the constellation we see almost nightly. The design for the shuttle is very similar to one of the older space shuttle models, Apollo, but it is many times more advanced with the best technology know to the world of aeronautics and space research. The Orion …show more content…
The Orion space shuttle is going to go to space, orbit once or twice, all the while climbing more than 3,000 miles above the earth’s surface traveling about 20,000 mph, and finally it will come back to earth at a mere 300 mph and at that time the shuttle will be a balmy 4,000oF, and land in the Pacific Ocean where it will be retrieved. Obviously, assuming everything goes as planned. Once retrieved, the Orion space shuttle will undergo any and all necessary changes or renovations/refurbishing that needs to be done. The crew will not be inside the Orion space shuttle for the ride because of risks of sending someone into space on a shuttle’s first time into space are too high, especially when you have the technological capabilities of sending the shuttle up into space without needing anyone inside to operate or control it. There have been literally hundreds of tests done to ensure no errors occur during the brief test flight. There are tests so specific that it seems like some of their tests had been tested. Engineers and scientists have come up with the most advanced technology possible to make this space shuttle truly bigger, better, faster, and
It was on January 28, 1986 at 11:38 A.M. that the shuttle Challenger, NASA flight 51-L, the twenty-fifth shuttle flight, took off. It was the "Teacher in Space" mission. At lift-off, the temperature at ground level was 36° Fahrenheit, which was 15° Fahrenheit cooler than any previous launch by NASA. It was the Challenger's tenth flight. Take-off had been delayed several times. Finally the shuttle had taken off. The shuttle had climbed high in the sky thirty-five seconds after take-off, and it was getting hit by strong winds. The on board computers were making continuous adjustments so the shuttle would stay on course. About eight miles in the air, about seventy-two seconds after take-off, people watched in fear and horror as the shuttle was engulfed by a huge fire ball. All the crew members were killed instantly.
Space travel began in the 1960s with sending humans on single missions into space. Rockets launched into the air and just the tip would land in the ocean after parachuting back to Earth ("Space Shuttle Program," par. 4). The focus of space exploration changed during the 1980s; shifting from the desire for human space flight to the desire to create a reusable spacecraft. Originally called Space Transportation System (STS), NASA created the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) (Heiney, par. 1-2). It wanted a shuttle that was more economical because it could be launched, landed and relaunched and could gather better information. The 1980s began a new era in space exploration and had one the biggest tragedies in the history of space travel.
Before going any further with this paper, I would like to take a moment to thank the crew of the space shuttle challenger for their bravery, courage, determinations and and sacrifice for this great nation. Francis R. Scobee (2), Commander, Michael J. Smith (1), Pilot Judith A. Resnik (2), Mission Specialist 1, Ellison S. Onizuka (2), Mission Specialist 2, Ronald E. McNair (2), Mission Specialist 3, Gregory B. Jarvis (1), Payload Specialist 1, Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1), Payload Specialist 2 (science.ksc), were parents, friends, children, husbands and wives, heroes, smart human being that were killed on this tragic day. May God be with your soul and may your memories and courage and passion shall not be forgotten but instead drive future generation determination and passion. The crash of the space shuttle
On the morning of Tuesday, January 28th, 1986, it was a normal day for the citizens and children of America. Although this may have been a normal day most of the nation’s televisions were set to watch the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) set a new milestone with its space shuttle the Challenger. During this time space exploration was very important in the American culture. The Challenger shuttle had a crew of seven men and women, including a teacher Christa McAuliffe from the space program. On this Tuesday morning most of America watched and listen as the twenty fifth shuttle mission took off with what was thought to be no complications. A short time of seventy three seconds after the shuttle was launched, a fire broke out and the space shuttle exploded. Landing in the ocean, all that remained was two smoking rocket boosters of what use to be the Challenger.
Knowing the impermanence of the Earth, do humans have a moral obligation to find and
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NASA introduced to the world, in 1976, the first reusable manned spacecraft. This became known as the space shuttle. Five years later, in 1981, space flights began with Columbia. Columbia ascended into space for a 54 hour orbiting mission. Later, it descended back to earth, as if it was a regular airplane that just took passengers from Boston to Detroit. Columbia only had two crewmembers, Commander John Young and Pilot Bob Crippen. Columbia completed 27 missions before disintegrating in the descent of its 28th mission in 2003. Challenger was NASA’s second space shuttle. Its first mission was April 4, 1983. Challenger made nine journeys into space, before that tragic January day.
Ascension is a sci-fi show about a giant nuclear-powered spaceship built in the 1960s that’s been flying towards the new solar system for 50 years. How amazing is that? ! During the 1950s, US scientists worked on something called Project Orion. The idea was to build a spaceship that would use explosions of A-bombs to propel itself through space. Project Orion is an awesome insanity, something straight out of Fallout computer games.
The Space Shuttle was supposed to launch into space, but due to the weather, NASA was debating if they should launch or not.
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The Orion The Orion is a space craft that scientist hope to use to explore deep space. This new development is said to be space exploration’s biggest moment since the shuttle era ended in 2011. The air craft was developed by Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin, founded in 1912, has a reputation for making some the finest military aircraft in the world. Lockheed Martin is also a recognized designer and manufacturer of aerospace defense systems.
In four years from now, space tourists are going to have a new destination in the orbit. The startup which is known as Orion span, is aiming to loft it's 'Aurora Station' in late 2021 and by 2022 it should be set to accomodate guests. Frank Bunger, the orion span CEO and founder said 'We are launching the first ever affordable luxury space hotel' He unvieled this Aurora idea on the 5th of April at the Space 2.0 summit in San Jose, California.
Karl Marx said, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” I think, Marx made his comment while referring to the global issues of his time. In our era, people are confused and are afraid when observing the magnitude of the global disasters. One may raise few questions concerning our times including: Who is responsible for all of these issues in our world today? Is it because we have sophisticated technology, or because of the governmental brainwashed?
Relating to the Audience: I believe that the Space Shuttle program has fascinated most if not all of you at some point of time, so much so that it has driven some of us to pursue Aerospace Engineering. Thus, it is a good idea to explore the program’s end result, the reason why it was started in the first place – To build the International Space Station.
Orion had its first test flight in 2014, and the goal is to have Orion ready for missions by the mid