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The General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/65/271 of 7 April 2011, declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight “to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning of the space era for mankind”.

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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC

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Space Shuttle Launch Audio - play LOUD (no music) HD 1080p

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weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station

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Space to Ground: Power Walking: 03/29/2019

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Cooking in space: whole red rice and turmeric chicken

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Space Station Live: Lettuce Look at Veggie

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Space to Ground: Busy as Astrobees: 02/15/2019

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Space Shuttle Heat Protection - Last Flight of Spaceshuttle Columbia - BBC

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David Saint-Jacques' first spacewalk on the International Space Station

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NASA Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk on ISS

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NASA Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk on ISS

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NASA Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk on ISS

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Part I: High-Res Images of Cities at Night (from ISS)

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We pay tribute for every astronaut who died for mankind …

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Felix Baumgartner, his Space Jump as World Record, 2012. He is an Austrian skydiver,  and BASE jumper. He is best known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere (40 km)

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Jumping From Space! - Red Bull Space Dive - BBC

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Hubble Extreme Deep Field Pushes Back Frontiers of Time and Space

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Hubble Extreme Deep Field Pushes Back Frontiers of Time and Space

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This video explains how astronomers meticulously assembled mankind's deepest view of the universe from combining Hubble Space Telescope exposures taken over the past decade. Guest scientists are Dr. Garth Illingworth and Dr. Marc Postman.

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NASA at Mars: 20 years of 24/7 exploration

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NASA at Mars: 20 years of 24/7 exploration

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Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time [Ultra HD]

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Prelude to spaceflight

Precursors in fiction and fact

Since ancient times, people around the world have studied the heavens and used their observations and explanations of astronomical phenomena for both religious and practical purposes. Some dreamed of leaving Earth to explore other worlds. For example, the French satirist Cyrano de Bergerac in the 17th century wrote Histoire comique des états et empires de la lune (1656) and Histoire comique des états et empires du soleil (1662; together in English as A Voyage to the Moon: With Some Account of the Solar World, 1754), describing fictional journeys to the Moon and the Sun. Two centuries later the French author Jules Verne and the English novelist and historian H.G. Wells infused their stories with descriptions of outer space and of spaceflight that were consistent with the best understanding of the time. Verne's De la Terre à la Lune (1865; From the Earth to the Moon) and Wells's The War of the Worlds (1898) and The First Men in the Moon (1901) used sound scientific principles to describe space travel and encounters with alien beings.

In order to translate these fictional images of space travel into reality, it was necessary to devise some practical means of countering the influence of Earth's gravity. By the beginning of the 20th century, the centuries-old technology of rockets had advanced to the point at which it was reasonable to consider their use to accelerate objects to a velocity sufficient to enter orbit around Earth and even to escape Earth's gravity and travel away from the planet.

The first person to study in detail the use of rockets for spaceflight was the Russian schoolteacher and mathematician Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. In 1903 his article "Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices" laid out many of the principles of spaceflight. Up to his death in 1935, Tsiolkovsky continued to publish sophisticated studies on the theoretical aspects of spaceflight. He never complemented his writings with practical experiments in rocketry, but his work greatly influenced later space and rocket research in the Soviet Union and Europe.

In the United States, Robert Hutchings Goddard became interested in space exploration after reading works such as The War of the Worlds. Even as a young man, he dedicated himself to working on spaceflight. In his 1904 high-school graduation speech, he stated that "it is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." Goddard received his first two patents for rocket technology in 1914, and, with funding from the Smithsonian Institution, he published a theoretical treatise, A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes, in 1919. Goddard's claim that rockets could be used to send objects as far as the Moon was widely ridiculed in the public press, including The New York Times (which published a retraction on July 17, 1969, the day after the launch of the first crewed mission to the Moon). Thereafter, the already shy Goddard conducted much of his work in secret, preferring to patent rather than publish his results. This approach limited his influence on the development of American rocketry, although early rocket developers in Germany took notice of his work.

In the 1920s, as a professor of physics at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, Goddard began to experiment with liquid-fueled rockets. His first rocket, launched in Auburn, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1926, rose 12.5 metres (41 feet) and traveled 56 metres (184 feet) from its launching place. The noisy character of his experiments made it difficult for Goddard to continue work in Massachusetts. With support from aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and financial assistance from the philanthropic Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, he moved to Roswell, New Mexico, where from 1930 to 1941 he built engines and launched rockets of increasing complexity.

The third widely recognized pioneer of rocketry, Hermann Oberth, was by birth a Romanian but by nationality a German. Reading Verne's From the Earth to the Moon as a youth inspired him to study the requirements for interplanetary travel. Oberth's 1922 doctoral dissertation on rocket-powered flight was rejected by the University of Heidelberg for being too speculative, but it became the basis for his classic 1923 book Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen ("The Rocket into Interplanetary Space"). The work explained the mathematical theory of rocketry, applied the theory to rocket design, and discussed the possibility of constructing space stations and of traveling to other planets.

In 1929 Oberth published a second influential book, Wege zur Raumschiffahrt (Ways to Spaceflight). His works led to the creation of a number of rocket clubs in Germany as enthusiasts tried to turn Oberth's ideas into practical devices. The most important of these groups historically was the Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR; "Society for Spaceship Travel"), which had as a member the young Wernher von Braun. Although Oberth's work was crucial in stimulating the development of rocketry in Germany, he himself had only a limited role in that development. Alone among the rocket pioneers, Oberth lived to see his ideas become reality: he was Braun's guest at the July 16, 1969, launch of Apollo 11.

Other space pioneers

Although Tsiolkovsky, Goddard, and Oberth are recognized as the most influential of the first-generation space pioneers, others made contributions in the early decades of the 20th century. For example, the Frenchman Robert Esnault-Pelterie began work on the theoretical aspects of spaceflight as early as 1907 and subsequently published several major books on the topic. He, like Tsiolkovsky in the Soviet Union and Oberth in Germany, was an effective publicist regarding the potential of space exploration. In Austria, Eugen Sänger worked on rocket engines and in the late 1920s proposed developing a "rocket plane" that could reach a speed exceeding 10,000 km (more than 6,000 miles) per hour and an altitude of more than 65 km (40 miles). Interested in Sänger's work, Nazi Germany in 1936 invited him to continue his investigations in that country.

Early rocket development

It was space exploration that motivated the members of the German VfR to build their rockets, but in the early 1930s their work came to the attention of the German military. In 1932 Wernher von Braun, at age 20, became chief engineer of a rocket-development team for the German army. After Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, Braun was named the civilian head of that team, under the military command of Walter Robert Dornberger. To give Braun's engineers the needed space and secrecy for their work, the German government erected a development and test centre at Peenemünde on the coast of the Baltic Sea. There they developed, among other devices, the V-2 (originally designated the A-4) ballistic missile. First launched successfully in 1942, the V-2 was used on targets in Europe beginning in September 1944. Although built as a weapon of war, the V-2 later served as the predecessor of many of the rockets used in the early space programs of the United States and the Soviet Union. As World War II neared its end in early 1945, Braun and many of his associates chose to surrender to the United States, where they believed they would likely receive support for their rocket research and space exploration plans. Later in the year they were taken to the United States, as were their engineering plans and the parts needed to construct a number of V-2s. The German rocket team played a central role in the early development of space launchers for the United States.

In 1936, as Braun was developing rockets for the German military, several young American engineers led by graduate student Frank Malina began working on rocketry at the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT). Malina's group was supported by the eminent aerodynamicist Theodore von Kármán, GALCIT's director, and it included Chinese engineer Qian Xuesen (Ch'ien Hsüeh-sen), who in the 1950s returned home to become one of the pioneers of rocketry in China. In 1943 Malina and his associates began calling their group the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a name that was formally adopted the following year. JPL soon became a centre for missile research and development for the U.S. Army. Following World War II, those weapons were adapted for use in early U.S. space experiments. After 1958, when it became part of the newly established National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), JPL adapted itself to being the leading U.S. centre for solar system exploration.

In the U.S.S.R. the government took an interest in rockets as early as 1921 with the founding of a military facility devoted to rocket research. Over the next decade that centre was expanded and renamed the Gas Dynamics Laboratory. There in the early 1930s, Valentin Glushko carried out pioneering work on rocket engines. Meanwhile, other rocket enthusiasts in the Soviet Union organized into societies that by 1931 had consolidated into an organization known as GIRD (the abbreviation in Russian for "Group for the Study of Reactive Motion"), with branches in Moscow and Leningrad. Emerging as leaders of the Moscow branch were the aeronautical engineer Sergey Korolyov, who had become interested in spaceflight at a young age, and the early space visionary Fridrikh Tsander. Korolyov and a colleague, Mikhail Tikhonravov, on August 17, 1933, launched the first Soviet liquid-fueled rocket. Later that year the Moscow and Leningrad branches of GIRD were combined with the Gas Dynamics Laboratory to form the military-controlled Rocket Propulsion Research Institute (RNII), which five years later became Scientific-Research Institute 3 (NII-3). In its early years the organization did not work directly on space technology, but ultimately it played a central role in Soviet rocket development.

Korolyov was arrested in 1937 as part of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's great purges of intellectuals and was sent to a Siberian prison. After Stalin recognized the imprudence of removing the best technical people from the Soviet war effort, Korolyov was transferred to a prison-based design bureau, where he spent most of World War II working on weapons, although not on large rockets. By the end of the war, Stalin had become interested in ballistic missiles, and he sent a team, which included Korolyov, on visits to Germany to investigate the V-2 program. A number of German engineers were relocated to the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the war, but they did not play a central role in postwar Soviet rocket development; most returned to Germany in the early 1950s.

Preparing for spaceflight

Between 1946 and 1951, the U.S. Army conducted test firings of captured German V-2 rockets at White Sands, New Mexico. These sounding-rocket flights reached high altitudes (120-200 km [75-125 miles]) before falling back to Earth. Although the primary purpose of the tests was to advance rocket technology, the army invited American scientists interested in high-altitude research to put experiments aboard the V-2s. An Upper Atmosphere Research Panel, chaired by the physicist James Van Allen, was formed to coordinate the scientific use of these rocket launchings. The panel had a central role in the early years of American space science, which focused on experiments on solar and stellar ultraviolet radiation, the aurora, and the nature of the upper atmosphere. As the supply of V-2s dwindled, other U.S.-built sounding rockets such as the WAC Corporal, Aerobee, and Viking were put into use. In other countries, particularly the Soviet Union, rocket-based upper-atmosphere research also took place after World War II.

In the early 1950s scientists began planning a coordinated international investigation of Earth, to be called the International Geophysical Year (IGY), that would be held in 1957-58 under the auspices of the International Council of Scientific Unions. By this time, progress in rocket development had advanced such that orbiting of an artificial Earth satellite by 1957 seemed feasible. At the urging of American scientists, IGY planners in 1954 called for scientifically instrumented satellites to be launched as part of IGY activities. Soon thereafter, the governments of the Soviet Union and the United States each announced plans to do so.

In the years following World War II, the United States and the U.S.S.R. became political and military competitors in what soon was being called the Cold War. Because the Soviet Union was a closed society, U.S. leaders gave high priority to developing technology that could help gather intelligence on military preparations within the Soviet borders. As orbiting satellites neared realization, the idea of equipping such satellites with cameras and flying them over Soviet territory became more attractive to U.S. planners, and the U.S. Air Force began work on a reconnaissance satellite project. Still unresolved, however, was the question of whether it would violate national sovereignty to fly over a country's territory in orbit, above most of the atmosphere. One reason the U.S. government had committed itself to the IGY satellite program was that it wanted to establish the principle that outer space was not subject to claims of territorial sovereignty and thus that an orbiting satellite could pass freely over any point on Earth. Such overflights were essential if reconnaissance satellites were to have intelligence value.

As scientific and military planners contemplated initial space projects and engineers worked on developing the needed launch vehicles, the idea that humans would soon begin the exploration of space entered popular imagination. In Europe since the 1930s, the British Interplanetary Society had been actively promoting the idea that human space travel was soon to happen. American movies such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1950), Destination Moon (1950), and When Worlds Collide (1951) contained vivid images of such journeys. Reports were widespread of sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), which were thought by some to be spacecraft from alien worlds.

Authors such as Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke both discussed the reality of space technology in popular writings and constructed believable science-fiction stories based on its use. A central figure in popularization efforts within the United States was Wernher von Braun. A charismatic spokesman for the idea of space travel, Braun, in a series of talks, books, magazine articles, and television appearances during the 1950s, reached millions of people with his ideas for establishing orbiting space stations and human travel to the Moon and Mars. The efforts of Braun and other popularizers helped create a receptive climate for initial government proposals to undertake space activities and, particularly, to put humans in space.

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Space exploration - History of space exploration: Since ancient times, people around the world have studied the heavens and used their observations and explanations of astronomical phenomena for both religious and practical purposes. Some dreamed of leaving Earth to explore other worlds.

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Fascinating Pros and Cons of Space Exploration

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Space exploration invokes the interest of many. The possibility of finding life in extraterrestrial space leaves us mystified. While some believe that space travel and research in the field has advantages, there are others who criticize the field for having no real benefit for mankind. What are the pros and cons of space exploration?

"Of course risk is part of spaceflight. We accept some of that to achieve greater goals in exploration and find out more about ourselves and the universe."
~ Lisa Nowak, American former naval flight officer and NASA astronaut.

We plan vacations to faraway lands. But how would it feel if we could plan a vacation to Mars? Won't it be exciting? Although it sounds unbelievable, it may turn into a reality. Thanks to space exploration, we might be able to find a planet where life can exist, or we may even discover extraterrestrial life.

But these are only possibilities. Is the expenditure of money and resources on space travel really worthwhile? Here we discuss the pros and cons of exploring space.

Pros

Space exploration helps us gain knowledge of other objects in space. We may find life i.e., human-like species or aliens more developed than us, or habitable exoplanets, i.e. planets outside our solar system that sustain life. A few such planets have already been found, Kepler-186f for instance, spotted by NASA in 2014, circles the red dwarf star and is about 550 light-years away from the Earth. Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f are some other potential exoplanets that could harbor life.

Space research has the potential to bring changes to our living by introducing developments in science and opening doors to new information. In fact, space exploration has already benefited us in many ways. Satellites help locate minerals and fossil fuels.

We have been able to harness solar energy due to our knowledge of the sun. Scientists are trying to understand if the process by which heat and light energy is produced by the sun, can be replicated on Earth to generate energy for human use. Through space exploration, we may be able to find new energy sources. This field paves the path for the study of cosmic radiations and their effects and uses.

Satellites help us in forecasting weather and in predicting natural calamities. Satellite communication, TV, radio, and GPS are among some of the very important advantages of space exploration.

Our understanding of the Earth has increased due to space exploration. Scientists are able to study the Earth's atmosphere from space and understand the changes in climate and their effects on the life on Earth. A pro of space travel is that it is possible to observe our planet from a distance.

Satellites help the scientists assess how well and for how long our planet will be able to sustain life. Changes in the environment, and issues like global warming and ozone depletion can be studied. Space exploration has helped answer questions like how the Earth was formed or where organic materials come from.

Scientists can know if an asteroid is going to pass close to the Earth's orbit or whether there are chances of it striking and causing harm. Asteroids that may threaten life on Earth can be mapped, thanks to space research. Scientists are now able to devise ways to prevent the impact of asteroids by diverting near-Earth objects away from Earth.

An important benefit of space exploration is that this field creates jobs. Organizations like NASA have thousands of employees. Space programs create employment. Space exploration involves both astronomy and space technology. The fields create work opportunities not just for astronauts, but even scientists and engineers who work on unmanned spacecrafts, astronomers who study objects in space, and professionals who work in designing and testing space equipment.

Space exploration whets the human appetite for adventure. Those willing to risk life for that 'out of the world' experience, quite literally so, obtain the relevant education and work with a space research organization. They participate in space studies and some of them even have the opportunity to travel to space. Space exploration satisfies the human desire of adventure and accomplishment.

Space research needs the use of high-end technology, including specialized communication devices, small computers, robots, and other space equipment. Thus space exploration has the potential to drive innovation.

Space exploration programs can help achieve cooperation between countries. Different nations come together in the pursuit of a common goal. When space research agencies come together, resources and expenses are shared and the research costs do not burden just one country. Space studies bring together researchers from different parts of the world, which allows sharing of knowledge resulting in a co-operative effort.

Cons

One of the most important cons of space exploration is the money spent on research. Space travel is very costly. The undertaken research needs the implementation of advanced technology, further adding to the costs incurred. The time invested in research and the outcome, when compared, isn't always satisfactory due to which the research doesn't prove to be cost-effective.

The cost of education for space exploration is very high. The money spent on this can rather be spent on reforming the underdeveloped countries. The national wealth can be channelized towards the betterment of the society. A huge amount of money is required for traveling to space. Critics of space exploration argue that it is not right to spend money on something like space research when several people on the planet are unable to meet even their basic needs.

Manned missions to space pose a great risk on the astronauts. The stay in a spacecraft is not easy, the conditions are harsh, making the survival during space travel a challenge. Effects of radiation on the body and bone loss resulting from microgravity are some of the health risks during space travel. Of course, unmanned missions eliminate these dangers, but as robots have to be employed, additional technology costs are incurred.

We always associate space research with the discovery of life or precious materials that could be of our use. But exploring space may land us in trouble. We may find something that is lethal to the life on Earth. There is a possibility of finding dangerous organisms.

Space debris is all the non-functional and man-made objects which includes fragments from rocket collisions, explosions, coolant droplets, dust flakes, launch canisters, rocket-stages, old satellites, etc., that continue to orbit the earth.

Uniting the world may be cited as an advantage of space exploration. However, it may lead to disputes within nations. Satellites could be used by one country to spy over another. Among the cons of space travel is that it may be conducted with the wrong intentions. This may lead to strained relations between countries, resulting in unhealthy competition.

Space exploration is a major leap for mankind. However, it is also criticized for not having achieved any major scientific breakthroughs. Public interest can serve as the determinant in judging the suitability of space exploration. It may not be wise to spend so much on space exploration at the expense of human needs being ignored or left unfulfilled. But the hope to find extraterrestrial life thrives on space exploration.

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Space exploration invokes the interest of many. The possibility of finding life in extraterrestrial space leaves us mystified. While some believe that space travel and research in the field has advantages, there are others who criticize the field for having no real benefit for mankind. What are the pros and cons of space exploration?

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Since the first successful landing of Apollo 11 on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, other space explorations followed. It was a breakthrough in astronomy and a feat for the United States. Decades later, man still continues to learn more about the planets and outer space. Explorers have now taken this a notch higher with the Mars Exploration program.

Indeed, many people find space exploration necessary for mankind. However, there are also groups rallying against it for several reasons. They are questioning its relevance to the lives of people. To get some ideas, here are some of the benefits and setbacks proponents and opponents are divided on.

List of Pros of Space Exploration

1. It is a great way to learn about outer space.
Supporters of space exploration claim that exploring beyond the surface of the earth is a great way to learn about the galaxy and find out there are other forms of life in other planets. For them, learning about the stars and planets is essential for the survival of mankind because we get to know what is happening in the outer space. Astronauts are also exploring the possibility of man surviving in other planets, which is a positive thing if it becomes possible, because of the growing population of the world.

2. Space exploration is essential to improve the lives of people on earth.
Supporters claim that with the advancements in science, we are now able to use satellites to monitor the weather, atmosphere and discover new things which are applied in our daily lives. These satellites suspended on outer space let meteorologists gather data they can use to predict the weather. And at times of hurricanes and typhoons, these satellites are used to monitor their movement and identify their coverage. These are helpful so the government and the people can prepare for possible disasters.

3. It lets scientists look for other possible energy resources.
By studying space, scientists will be able to find other sources of energy, like fossil fuels in other planets. Solar energy is already being used to provide electricity to homes. With the help of exploring space, they can also find ways to learn more about the sun and the possibility of the Earth replicating solar energy to be used in different applications.

4. It inspires mankind to take good care of mother Earth.
Advocates for space exploration express that without this development in science, we will not be able to know what's happening in the atmosphere and the extent of the green effect. And since scientists are able to gather information, people can now learn about the environment and the atmosphere and be guided on how to take care of the planet we live in. With space exploration, we can now see our planet from a distance and will give us a clearer picture of how it can be sustained and taken care of.

5. Space satellites are useful to know the movements of asteroids and meteors.
By sending satellites out in space, scientists will be able to see if asteroids will be entering the surface of the Earth and if these will be causing imminent danger. By knowing the direction and speed of asteroids even before they hit the Earth, scientists can find ways to divert them just in case or make necessary preparations and alert the people.

6. It creates jobs.
Proponents of space exploration claim that it is important in society because it offers employment to people from different fields of study. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) does not only employ astronauts to operate. It also needs engineers, researchers, scientists, designer and administrative personnel to be able to conduct programs and operate. These are not merely hundreds of jobs but thousands.

List of Cons of Space Exploration

1. It is a costly endeavor.
A clear criticism of opponents of space exploration is the money spent in each of the programs conducted. Travelling to outer space require state-of-the-art equipment and complicated devices, not to mention the education and training of astronauts. Whether it is government-funded or spent for by private individuals, the money spent is higher than the outcome. They suggest that these expenses can be used to help poor members of the society instead.

2. There is a possibility of bringing back harmful elements to Earth.
Critics contend that some of the explorations can bring more harm than good to the planet. They are wary about what things or organisms will be brought back to the Earth's surface which might be hazardous to the environment and the people.

3. It poses risks to astronauts.
Opponents also worry about the welfare of the astronauts being sent on a mission. They emphasize the accidents that have occurred over the years which claimed lives and the possible harmful effects of radiation to the astronauts in the long run.

4. Space exploration can start conflicts between two countries.
Critics also argue that some countries might end up in disputes because of the satellites that can be used to monitor the activities of nations. Although outer space exploration can be a bridge for two nations to build friendship, it can also lead to conflicts if the space will be used to spy on each other.

5. It leaves space garbage behind.
Groups who are not in favor of outer space travels contest its benefits, stating that years of explorations have left debris from satellites, space probes and man-made trash. They are concerned about its effect on outer space and the accidents that it can bring about like in-orbital explosions when fuel left in tanks and gas in the atmosphere mix. They point out the collision between two satellites in 2009 which turned these two into thousands of pieces.

Conducted studies say that these little pieces and the other space trash that will be accumulated through the years can bring harmful effects in the next 200 hundred years. As for present potential problems, researchers say that this garbage can affect satellite communications as well as phones, GPS, surveillance, radio and television.

Conclusion

Space exploration is a significant sign of advancements in science and technology. There is no doubt, it is important to mankind. However, critics also have relevant views about its effect especially if done irresponsibly. The key here is for the people involved to be responsible enough and come up with proposals to minimize space junk and the costs space exploration incurs.

About the Author
Brandon Miller has a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a seasoned writer who has written over one hundred articles, which have been read by over 500,000 people. If you have any comments or concerns about this blog post, then please contact the Green Garage team here.

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Австрийский парашютист Феликс Баумгартнер стал первым в истории парашютистом, сумевшим преодолеть в свободном падении звуковой барьер. Он также поставил мировой рекорд высоты свободного падения, совершив прыжок с высоты 39 километров и благополучно приземлившись в пустыне в американском штате Нью-Мексико.

Установлено, что его максимальная скорость в падении составила 1342 километра в час, то есть превысила скорость звука (около 1100 км/ч).

Полет продолжался около десяти минут, из них пять 43-летний парашютист находился в свободном падении, а на высоте 1,5 километров над Землей раскрыл парашют.

Его гигантский наполненный гелием стратостат поднялся в воздух со стартовой позиции с аэродрома в городе Росуэлл в штате Нью-Мексико и достиг высоты в 39 километров, после чего Баумгартнер выпрыгнул из капсулы.

Прежний рекорд в этой категории был поставлен 52 года назад полковником американских ВВС Джо Киттингером, который выпрыгнул из гондолы стратостата на высоте 31,3 км.

Новая попытка поставить рекорд в высотном прыжке сопряжена с огромным риском. Основная опасность заключается в разреженности атмосферы на таких высотах. Многие предыдущие попытки превысить существующий рекорд кончались трагически из-за разгерметизации скафандра парашютиста.

Научные данные

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Несколько предыдущих попыток пришлось отменить из-за плохой погоды в штате Нью-Мексико

Для Феликса Баумгартнера инженеры создали новую герметическую кабину, в которой он находился до прыжка, а также новую модель высотного костюма, способного выдержать огромные перегрузки во время падения.

Члены команды австрийского энтузиаста подчеркивают, что он шел на рекорд не ради сенсации, а ради серьезного научного результата.

Они считают, что успех проекта Red Bull Stratos приведет к созданию новых систем аварийной эвакуации для скоростных реактивных самолетов. НАСА и ряд американских космических компаний также с интересом следят за этим проектом.

Исследователи не имеют четкого представления о том, что происходит с телом человека при преодолении звукового барьера, хотя известны случаи, когда пилотам боевых самолетов приходилось катапультироваться на сверхзвуковых скоростях.

Во время своего прыжка Феликс Баумгартнер имел на себе несколько приборов для сбора научных данных. В частности, в его костюм было встроено автоматическое устройство, которое должно было привести в действие стабилизирующий микропарашют в случае возникновения неуправляемого штопора.

Подъем стратостата начался в 16:30 по Гринвичу и продлился около трех часов. Баумгартнер находился на постоянной радио- и видеосвязи с центром управления, но единственным человеком, которому было разрешено говорить с ним, был Киттингер, который является консультантом проекта.

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Прыжок из стратосферы: звуковой барьер преодолен - BBC News Русская служба

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Австрийский парашютист Феликс Баумгартнер стал первым в истории парашютистом, сумевшим преодолеть в свободном падении звуковой барьер. Он также поставил мировой рекорд высоты свободного падения, совершив прыжок с высоты 39 километров и благополучно приземлившись в пустыне в американском штате Нью-Мексико. Установлено, что его максимальная скорость в падении составила 1342 километра в час, то есть превысила скорость звука (около 1100 км/ч).

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Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier (BBC article)

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Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier (BBC article)

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Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h).

In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico, the 43-year-old also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall.

He said he almost aborted the dive because his helmet visor fogged up.

It took just under 10 minutes for him to descend. Only the last few thousand feet were negotiated by parachute.

Once down, he fell to his knees and raised his fists in triumph. Helicopter recovery teams were on hand moments later.

"Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive," he said afterwards at a media conference.

None of the new marks set by Baumgartner can be classed as "official" until endorsed by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI).

Its representative was the first to greet the skydiver on the ground. GPS data recorded on to a microcard in the Austrian's chest pack will form the basis for the height and speed claims that are made.

These will be submitted formally through the Aerosport Club of Austria for certification.

There was concern early in the dive that Baumgartner was in trouble. He was supposed to get himself into a delta position - head down, arms swept back - as soon as possible after leaving his capsule. But the video showed him tumbling over and over.

Eventually, however, he was able to use his great experience, from more than 2,500 career dives, to correct his fall and get into a stable configuration.

Even before this drama, it was thought the mission might have to be called off. As he went through last-minute checks inside the capsule, it was found that a heater for his visor was not working. This meant the visor fogged up as he exhaled.

"This is very serious, Joe," he told retired US Air Force Col Joe Kittinger, whose records he was attempting to break, and who was acting as his radio link in mission control at Roswell airport.

The team took a calculated risk to proceed after understanding why the problem existed.

Baumgartner's efforts have finally toppled records that have stood for more than 50 years.

Kittinger set his marks for the highest, farthest, and longest freefall when he leapt from a helium envelope in 1960. His altitude was 102,800ft (31km). (His record for the longest freefall remains intact - he fell for more than four and a half minutes before deploying his chute; Baumgartner was in freefall for four minutes and 20 seconds).

Kittinger, now an octogenarian, has been an integral part of Baumgartner's team, and has provided the Austrian with advice and encouragement whenever the younger man has doubted his ability to complete such a daring venture.

"Felix did a great job and it was a great honour to work with this brave guy," the elder man said.

The 43-year-old adventurer - best known for leaping off skyscrapers - first discussed seriously the possibility of beating Kittinger's records in 2005.

Since then, he has had to battle technical and budgetary challenges to make it happen.

What he was proposing was extremely dangerous, even for a man used to those skyscraper stunts.

At Sunday's jump altitude, the air pressure is less than 2% of what it is at sea level, and it is impossible to breathe without an oxygen supply.

Others who have tried to break the records have lost their lives in the process.

Baumgartner's team built him a special pressurised capsule to protect him on the way up, and for his descent he wore a next generation, full pressure suit made by the same company that prepares the flight suits of astronauts.

Although the jump had the appearance of another Baumgartner stunt, his team stressed its high scientific relevance.

The researchers on the Red Bull Stratos project say it has already provided invaluable data for the development of high-performance, high-altitude parachute systems, and that the lessons learned will inform the development of new ideas for emergency evacuation from vehicles, such as spacecraft, passing through the stratosphere.

Nasa and its spacecraft manufacturers have asked to be kept informed.

"Part of this programme was to show high-altitude egress, passing through Mach and a successful re-entry back [to subsonic speed], because our belief scientifically is that's going to benefit future private space programmes or high-altitude pilots; and Felix proved that today," said Art Thompson, the team principal.

In getting to 128,100ft (above sea level; Roswell elevation 3,670ft/1,120m), Baumgartner exceeded the altitude for the highest ever manned balloon flight achieved by Victor Prather and Malcolm Ross, who ascended to 113,720ft (35km) in 1961.

However, the FAI rules, state that to claim an official ballooning record, a balloonist must also bring the envelope down and therefore the Austrian's altitude will forever remain just an unofficial mark.

A BBC/National Geographic documentary is being made about the project. This will probably air first in the UK and in the US in November, and in other territories sometime soon after.

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Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h). In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico, the 43-year-old also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall.

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Major Tim Peake's repair mission outside the International Space Station is being regarded as a landmark for Britain. BBC News takes a look back at some of the defining moments in the broader history of space exploration.
The Sputnik 1 satellite was launched by the USSR on 4 October 1957. It was the first man-made object to leave the Earth's atmosphere. It weighed 180lb (83.5kg), and was described at the time as a "remarkable achievement."

Two monkeys, Able and Baker, became the first living creatures to survive a space flight. Able, a female rhesus monkey, and Baker, a female squirrel monkey, were launched into space by the US on a Jupiter missile. The monkeys were not the first living creatures to be sent on a mission. In November 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik 2, carrying a dog named Laika on board - she died a few hours into the mission from overheating and panic.

The USSR sent Yuri Gagarin into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in a Vostok spacecraft. He made a single orbit of Earth in 108 minutes, travelling at more than 17,000 miles per hour. The achievement was reported at the time as a blow to the Americans who had reportedly hoped to be the first to launch a man beyond Earth's atmosphere. The US launched American citizen Alan Shepard into space less than a month later on 5 May 1961.

Valentina Tereshkova, a former textile worker, became the first woman to be launched into space by the Soviet Union. She circled the Earth 49 times during three days in space, and was reportedly injured during the landing.

18 March 1965 - First-ever spacewalk

Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov carried out the first-ever spacewalk from the two-man Voskhod spacecraft. Leonov's suit expanded minutes after stepping into space due to the zero-pressure conditions. When he tried to get back into his spaceship, he could not fit through the hatch and had to release a valve to partially depressurise his suit and squeeze back inside.

American Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon. Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin spent two hours on the lunar surface setting up observation equipment and collecting rock samples. As Armstrong put his left foot down, he famously declared: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." He described the surface as being like powdered charcoal and the landing craft left a crater about one foot deep. The mission lasted eight days, three hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds

Russia launched Salyut, the first space station. The first crew to dock with the orbiting outpost later die during re-entry when the air leaks out of their Soyuz capsule.

Bruce McCandless became the first person to do a spacewalk without being attached to the spacecraft. He tested a manned manoeuvring unit, which allowed him to travel away from the orbiter, during a 90-minute spacewalk.

Assembly of the ISS began with the launch of its first module, Zarya, on a Proton rocket from Baikonur. The ISS is the largest artificial body in space. The station has been continuously occupied since November 2000. In that time, more than 200 people from 15 countries have visited.

Dennis Tito, a billionaire businessman from California, became the first paying passenger to go to outer space.

Mr Tito set off from Kazakhstan for an eight-day holiday aboard the International Space Station, and paid $20m (£14m) for his trip.

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Remembering 1968: Apollo 8's Christmas greeting from the moon

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Remembering 1968: Apollo 8's Christmas greeting from the moon

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Remembering 1968: Apollo 8's Christmas greeting from the moon

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A variety of camera views showcase the amazing journey into orbit, the space shuttle docked to the International Space Station and the voyage home

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A variety of camera views showcase the amazing journey into orbit, the space shuttle docked to the International Space Station and the voyage home.

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Space Shuttle Launch and Landing Highlights

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Space with student's eyes

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Our sweet pleasant memories of travelling into" space"

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Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive

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Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive | Stephen Petranek

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The Exploration and Colonization of Mars: Why Mars? Why Humans?

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We live in Georgia and study in the state school of Rustavi N12. The astronomical club "Orion" functions in our school. I just want to introduce you to the work of the members of this club.

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In National Geographic Channel’s “Mars: Making the New Earth”, award winning writer/producer Mark Davis and legendary Mars animator Dan Maas collaborate with McKay* on the first in depth visualization of what it would take to turn a cold, dead planet into a living world.
(*NASA scientist Christopher McKay has written a number of studies and articles on geo-engineering and terraforming.)

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What you need to know about TERRAFORMING EARTH and the NEW WORLD AGENDA

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Terraforming Mars (CGI from NatGeo 2009 docu)

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Mars Calling: Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion

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Astronauts at Work Outside the Space Station on This Week @NASA – March 30, 2018

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Sea levels around the world are now expected to rise about a meter by the end of the century. What will happen beyond that?

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The world's oil reserves are severely and irreparably depleted. The ensuing debacle inspires a militarized rift between the United States and China. The world stands on the precipice of war. The only factor standing in the way of catastrophic global conflict are a pair of scientists - one from each of the two warring nations - who race against the clock to realize the full capabilities of their latest discovery, and thus put an end to the ongoing energy crisis.

The setup might read like the latest Hollywood disaster movie, but the logic behind it is anything but. A highly informed peek into the future utilizing both dramatic narrative and fact-based scientific research, The World in 50 Years: Global Community follows these scientists as they desperately pursue a sustainable energy alternative. The result is both academic and exhilarating.

We already witness the growing paranoia of the Earth's dwindling energy resources today. In the next five decades, this crisis will become even more pronounced and will drive an increasingly urgent call for solutions that are clean and limitless. In anticipation of this inevitable dilemma, scientists and researchers are currently investing significant time and dollars in harvesting the potential of one such source: the sun.

The film contains insights from the top figures in the scientific field, and introduces us to several of the real-life researchers who are currently working toward a future where solar energy powers the world. The biggest drawback to their efforts involves the logistics of travelling and working in space. In response to this challenge, teams of space scientists are developing revolutionary nano-particle technologies which will allow them to easily transfer materials into orbit, and absorb usable energy from the sun's endless supply in a consistently cost-effective and efficient manner.

Their work could cause a seismic shift in improving geopolitical relations, world economies, our daily way of life, and the sustainability of our planet. The third episode of a highly acclaimed series, The World in 50 Years: Global Community is a gripping reminder of the dangers that lie in waiting, and the creative solutions which may ultimately serve as our salvation.

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The world's oil reserves are severely and irreparably depleted. The ensuing debacle inspires a militarized rift between the United States and China. The world stands on the precipice of war.

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10 Things You Should Know About Space Travel

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10 Things You Should Know About Space Travel The Russians and Americans don't even get along up in space. Find out why with 10 things you should know about space travel. Music = Disintegrator by David Tobin, Jeff Meegan and Mark Armstrong The Moon Landings: Fact or Fiction?

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What is life like on the International Space Station?

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In the decades following the first Sputnik and Explorer satellites, the ability to put their instruments into outer space gave scientists the opportunity to acquire new information about the natural universe, information that in many cases would have been unobtainable any other way. Space science added a new dimension to the quest for knowledge, complementing and extending what had been gained from centuries of theoretical speculations and ground-based observations.

After Gagarin's 1961 flight, space missions involving human crews carried out a range of significant research, from on-site geologic investigations on the Moon to a wide variety of observations and experiments aboard orbiting spacecraft. In particular, the presence in space of humans as experimenters and, in some cases, as experimental subjects facilitated studies in biomedicine and materials science. Nevertheless, most space science was, and continues to be, performed by robotic spacecraft in Earth orbit, in other locations from which they observe the universe, or on missions to various bodies in the solar system. In general, such missions are far less expensive than those involving humans and can carry sophisticated automated instruments to gather a wide variety of relevant data.

In addition to the United States and the Soviet Union, several other countries achieved the capability of developing and operating scientific spacecraft and thus carrying out their own space science missions. They include Japan, China, Canada, India, and a number of European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany, acting alone and through cooperative organizations, particularly the European Space Agency. Furthermore, many other countries became involved in space activities through the participation of their scientists in specific missions. Bilateral or multilateral cooperation between various countries in carrying out space science missions grew to be the usual way of proceeding.

Scientific research in space can be divided into five general areas: (1) solar and space physics, including study of the magnetic and electromagnetic fields in space and the various energetic particles also present, with particular attention to their interactions with Earth, (2) exploration of the planets, moons, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, and dust in the solar system, (3) study of the origin, evolution, and current state of the varied objects in the universe beyond the solar system, (4) research on nonliving and living materials, including humans, in the very low gravity levels of the space environment, and (5) study of Earth from space.

Solar and space physics

The first scientific discovery made with instruments orbiting in space was the existence of the Van Allen radiation belts, discovered by Explorer 1 in 1958. Subsequent space missions investigated Earth's magnetosphere, the surrounding region of space in which the planet's magnetic field exerts a controlling effect ( see Earth: The magnetic field and magnetosphere). Of particular and ongoing interest has been the interaction of the flux of charged particles emitted by the Sun, called the solar wind, with the magnetosphere. Early space science investigations showed, for example, that luminous atmospheric displays known as auroras are the result of this interaction, and scientists came to understand that the magnetosphere is an extremely complex phenomenon.

The focus of inquiry in space physics was later extended to understanding the characteristics of the Sun, both as an average star and as the primary source of energy for the rest of the solar system, and to exploring space between the Sun and Earth and other planets ( see interplanetary medium). The magnetospheres of other planets, particularly Jupiter with its strong magnetic field, also came under study. Scientists sought a better understanding of the internal dynamics and overall behaviour of the Sun, the underlying causes of variations in solar activity, and the way in which those variations propagate through space and ultimately affect Earth's magnetosphere and upper atmosphere. The concept of space weather was advanced to describe the changing conditions in the Sun-Earth region of the solar system. Variations in space weather can cause geomagnetic storms that interfere with the operation of satellites and even systems on the ground such as power grids.

To carry out the investigations required for addressing these scientific questions, the United States, Europe, the Soviet Union, and Japan developed a variety of space missions, often in a coordinated fashion. In the United States, early studies of the Sun were undertaken by a series of Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites (launched 1962-75) and the astronaut crews of the Skylab space station in 1973-74, using that facility's Apollo Telescope Mount. These were followed by the Solar Maximum Mission satellite (launched 1980). ESA developed the Ulysses mission (1990) to explore the Sun's polar regions. Solar-terrestrial interactions were the focus of many of the Explorer series of spacecraft (1958-75) and the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory satellites (1964-69).

In the 1980s NASA, ESA, and Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science undertook a cooperative venture to develop a comprehensive series of space missions, named the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program, that would be aimed at full investigation of the Sun-Earth connection. This program was responsible for the U.S. Wind (1994) and Polar (1996) spacecraft, the European Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO; 1995) and Cluster (2000) missions, and the Japanese Geotail satellite (1992).

Among many other missions, NASA has launched a number of satellites, including Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED, 2001); the Japanese-U.S.-U.K. collaboration Hinode (2006); and Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO, 2006), part of its Solar Terrestrial Probes program. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (2010); the twin Van Allen Probes (2012); and the Parker Solar Probe (2018), which made the closest flybys of the Sun, were part of another NASA program called Living with a Star. A two-satellite European/Chinese mission called Double Star (2003-04) studied the impact of the Sun on Earth's environment.

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Space exploration - Astronomy, Technology, Discovery: In the decades following the first Sputnik and Explorer satellites, the ability to put their instruments into outer space gave scientists the opportunity to acquire new information about the natural universe, information that in many cases would have been unobtainable any other way.

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Action Cam Footage From October 2017 Spacewalk

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Georgi Ivanov the first Bulgarian cosmonaut

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Georgi Ivanov the first Bulgarian cosmonaut

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The first flight with a Bulgarian astronaut ranks among the first in the list of the most dramatic space ventures. It lasteed less than two days. Due to technical malfunction, the ship failed to dock with the orbital station "Salyut-6" because the convergence with it ran at a higher speed than expected. A correction of the speed was required at which one of the engines of the Soviet spacecraft switched off. The docking was now impossible. The accident was so severe as to jeopardize the lives of the two astronauts - Georgi Ivanov and Russian flight commander Nikolai Rukavishnikov. The flight remains the only example for manual landing and is thus quoted in every astronautic textbook. It has provided very important data for the further development of space flights.

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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Command module pilot Michael Collins flew the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21.5 hours on the lunar surface at a site they named Tranquility Base before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit.

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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," the very first words that were said on the moon on July 20th, 1969, when millions on Earth were watching the mission. The second thing Neil Armstrong said on the surface of the Moon: “The surface is fine and powdery, I can pick it up loosely with my toe.”

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NASA Television Special Programming

Friday, July 19, 1 p.m. ET - NASA's Giant Leaps: Past and Future - Celebrating Apollo 50th as we Go Forward to the MoonOn July 19, NASA broadcast live from accross America to tell the story of how we got to the Moon, and how we'll get there again, hearing directly from Apollo astronauts alongside current and future astronauts, scientists, engineers, and others sharing some untold stories, quirky facts, and personal reflections about journeying to the lunar surface. Watch " NASA's Giant Leaps: Past and Future ".

Open now; permanent exhibit, Be the Astronaut / Apollo 50th, National Automobile Museum, 10 South Lake St., Reno, NVMonday-Saturday 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

An interactive virtual experience in the history of lunar exploration as well as future Moon missions.

Contact: info@automuseum.org; 775-333-9300Additional information: http://www.nevadachallenger.org/exhibit.html

Entrance fee.

Open now; permanent exhibit, Be the Astronaut / Apollo 50th, Virginia Air and Space Center Official Visitor Center for NASA Langley, Hampton, VAMonday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m. EST

Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Apollo with STEM content in an interactive virtual experience in the history of lunar exploration as well as future Moon missions.

Contact: 757-727-0900Additional information: https://www.eurekaexhibits.com/our-exhibits/apollo-50th-anniversary/

Entrance fee.

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July 1999 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the epochal lunar landing of Apollo 11 in the summer of 1969. Although President John F. Kennedy had made a public commitment on 25 May 1961 to land an American on the Moon by the end of the decade, up until this time Apollo had been all promise.

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„Ова е мал чекор за човекот, но огромен за човештвото“

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Спуштањето на Месечината на американската астронаутска мисија Аполо 11 во живо преку телевизиски и радиски пренос го следеа околу 600 милиони луѓе.
На 20 јули 1969 година во 16:18 часот по источноамериканско време, испрекинатиот глас на Нил Армстронг, астронаутот кој ја предводеше мисијата и објави на публиката на Земјата: „Хјустон, овде базата Мир. Игл слета".
Кратко потоа Армстронг стана првиот човек кој стапна на второто вселенско тело. Спуштајќи се по скалите од кабината, тој зачекори низ сивата прашина на Месечината, изговарајќи ја познатата реченица „Ова е мал чекор за човекот, но огромен за човештвото".
Наскоро на Армстронг му се придружи астронаутот Едвин Баз Олдрин, опишувајќи ја површината на Месечината како „величенствена пустина".
Армстронг и Олдрин два и пол часа ја истражуваа месечевата површина, собирајќи примероци и фотографирајќи. Тогаш тие го поставија и американското знаме.
Двајцата астронаути потоа се спуштија во Тихиот океан на 24 јули, исполнувајќи го ветувањето дадено во 1962 на тогашниот американски претседател Џон Кенеди, дека до крајот на таа деценија човекот ќе стапне на Месечината.
Американските власти ја започнаа мисијата за стапнување на Месечината по стравувањата дека Русија ги надминала во тој поглед, откако во 1961 рускиот космонаут Јуриј Гагарин, стана првиот човек кој замина во Вселената.

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„Ова е мал чекор за човекот, но огромен за човештвото"

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Спуштањето на Месечината на американската астронаутска мисија Аполо 11 во живо преку телевизиски и радиски пренос го следеа околу 600 милиони луѓе. На 20 јули 1969 година во 16:18 часот по источноамериканско време, испрекинатиот глас на Нил Армстронг, астронаутот кој ја предводеше мисијата и објави на публиката на Земјата: „Хјустон, овде базата Мир.

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ГОЛЕМИТЕ ОТКРИТИЈА ВО АСТРОНОМИЈАТА

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На 26-ти април 2017 год. вселенското летало Касини одлета и се смести помеѓу Сатурн и неговите прстени и успешно воспостави контакт со Земјата, при што ги испрати информациите собрани за време на своето набљудување. Касини се доближи на 3000 километри од Сатурн.

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Ѕвезди и планети - Движење на планетите

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Educator Center Overview - Microsoft Learn Educator Center

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Microsoft Learn for Educators takes the best of Microsoft Learn online learning paths and helps you to bring instructor-led training materials from Microsoft into your courses. This program provides members with access to Microsoft ready-to-teach curriculum and teaching materials aligned to industry-recognized Microsoft Certifications.

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We form the educational environment. We study with pleasure.

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Do You Know How to Say Space in Different Languages?

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A French one!

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The history of 1st cat launched into space 54 years ago

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Alexey Leonov - the first man to walk in space

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Svitlana Savitskaya, the first woman to walk in space

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Svitlana Savitskaya, the first woman to walk in space

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SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM (Космическая программа СССР)

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The first women to walk in space Svetlana Savitskaya  1984 (english)

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i ate science sorry it was yummy