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Whose ashes were on the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto?
A small amount of the ashes of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh are on board the New Horizons spacecraft. As of 2017, the spacecraft is en route to Kuiper belt object (486958) 2014 MU69.
How do astronauts get oxygen into space?
They carry it with them on board.
Did Pluto get blown up?
NO! It would take a massive bomb to do that. It is just no longer a planet due to it's size. No. It is a Dwarf planet, it is impossible to blow up a planet it would cost way to much money.
Why would you to travel to Mercury?
Well you could travel to mercury for an exploration or just to see what it looked like ..... but Mercury is the hottest planet because it is next to the sun.........you might have to think of a tool too help us from the heat!.....
What type of activities can you do on the planet Jupiter?
You Could... -Storm Surfing? -Cloud Gliding? ?(: Of Course You Would Need Materials & a Board and What Not...But Ill Leave That For Those Of You Reading This.
Who did they send to Pluto?
They sent the New Horizons spacecraft, with no humans on board.
Whose ashes were on the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto?
A small amount of the ashes of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh are on board the New Horizons spacecraft. As of 2017, the spacecraft is en route to Kuiper belt object (486958) 2014 MU69.
How do astronauts get oxygen into space?
They carry it with them on board.
Are there actually 7 astronauts on board the endeavor?
no there are 6
How many astronauts were on board On the manned Apollo missions?
3
What does New Horizons's trip to Pluto mean for science?
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.[1]Engineered by the Johns Hopkins UniversityApplied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a team led by S. Alan Stern,[2]the spacecraft was launched to study the Pluto system and, in its secondary mission, the Kuiper belt, performing a flyby of Pluto and one or more other Kuiper belt objects (KBOs).[3][4][5][6][7]On January 19, 2006, New Horizons was launched from Cape Canaveral directly into an Earth-and-solar-escape trajectory with a speed of about 16.26 kilometers per second (58,536 km/h; 36,373 mph). After a brief encounter with asteroid 132524 APL, New Horizons proceeded to Jupiter, making its closest approach on February 28, 2007, at a distance of 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles). The Jupiter flyby provided a gravity assist that increased New Horizons‍ ' speed by 4 km/s (14,000 km/h; 9,000 mph). The encounter was also used as a general test of New Horizons‍ ' scientific capabilities, returning data about the planet's atmosphere, moons, and magnetosphere.Most of the post-Jupiter voyage was spent in hibernation mode to preserve on-board systems, except for brief annual checkouts.[8]On December 6, 2014, New Horizons was brought back online for the Pluto encounter, and instrument check-out began.[9]On January 15, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft began its approach phase to Pluto.On July 14, 2015 11:49 UTC (07:49 EDT), it flew 12,500 km (7,800 mi) above the surface of Pluto,[10][11]making it the first spacecraft to explore the dwarf planet.[6][12]Having completed its flyby of Pluto, New Horizons has maneuvered for a flyby of Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69,[13][14][15]expected to take place on January 1, 2019, when it is 43.4 AU from the Sun.[13][14]
What astronauts were on board the Gemini 8?
Neil Armstrong and David Scott
Do the astronauts control the space shuttle?
Yes astronauts do control the space shuttle. During lift off and 9 and half minutes after the lift off most of the things are controlled by the computers on board but after that everything is in the hands of astronauts. During landing too everything is controlled by the team of astronauts.
What is an explosion that occurred on board and the astronauts were not able to land on the moon?
You are describing the Apollo 13 mission.
Why did rockets that travels in outer space carry oxygen with them?
So that the astronauts on board can breath, of course. :)
What are some other view points and controversies and Opinions on New Horizons trip to Pluto?
New Horizons is a NASA spacecraft on its way to the dwarf planet Pluto. It scooted by Jupiter in 2007, and will pass by Pluto in July 2015 before possibly heading farther into the Kuiper Belt - a massive zone of icy bodies beyond Neptune.Investigators with the Hubble Space Telescope have identified a few targets for the spacecraft after it zooms by Pluto and its moons, but the mission extension depends on how well New Horizons is performing at that time and if it can receive approval in NASA's budget.When the spacecraft reaches Pluto, it will be only the fifth one to head so far away from Earth (the other ones being Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, and Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, which are either in the outer solar system or in the case of Voyager 1, interstellar space.)Pluto's distance - about 3 billion miles (5 billion kilometers) from Earth - presented power challenges for New Horizon's designers, since the sun's rays are too weak to generate power. There will also be long communications delays for those staying in touch with the 1,054-pound spacecraft; at Pluto, it will take 4.5 hours for a one-way message to get there from Earth.Further, our understanding of the Pluto system keeps changing. The planet was discovered in 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. Since then, we've discovered new moons - which can also be seen as dangerous obstacles for a spacecraft, if not accounted for. And in 2006 - shortly after New Horizons launched - astronomers voted to demote Pluto from its planetary status. New Horizons carries some of Tombaugh's ashes.Design challenges for long missionsSpacecraft typically have a set design lifetime, similar to warranties on electronics or cars. Over time, solar particles, cosmic rays and other phenomena can degrade the surface of the spacecraft or mess up the electronics. This makes long missions such as New Horizons especially challenging."You've got to remember that it takes 9.5 years to even get to where we want to take the mission," said Glen Fountain, the New Horizons mission project manager from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, in a 2006 interview with NASA."So we need a highly reliable system," he said. "So, we have built into the electronics nearly two of everything. We are redundant. We have two guidance control processors, computers. We have two command and data handling processors. We have two solid-state recorders. Even if there is a failure, you can switch from one to the other."Another question, Fountain acknowledged, was how to handle power when the sun is too weak to provide solar power. New Horizons carries nuclear power (more precisely, a radioisotope thermoelectric generator) on board to solve this problem.Mission Control kept the spacecraft in deep hibernation after a quick pass by Jupiter in February 2007. New Horizons underwent periodic wakeups until a last emerging from hibernation for good in December 2014, which will last through the "Pluto encounter" of 2015.NASA did a detailed systems check of the spacecraft once a year to make sure it's working properly and to, if necessary, make adjustments to its path to Pluto. The spacecraft also ferried a basic signal back to Earth once a week.Zipping by JupiterNew Horizons launched Jan. 19, 2006, on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. A power outage and high winds delayed two previous launch attempts, but New Horizons made it safely into space on the third try.The spacecraft's first destination was Jupiter, in February and March 2007. New Horizons passed by less than 1.4 million miles (2.4 million km) of the solar system's largest planet, making it the first spacecraft to swing by since the Galileo probe finished its mission at Jupiter in 2003.Among New Horizons' first pictures were some of Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon. The spacecraft captured the clearest pictures ever of the Tvashtar volcano on Io, showing volcanic fallout that was bigger than the state of Texas.Additionally, the spacecraft flew through a stream of charged particles swirling behind Jupiter. It found large bubbles of charged particles, or plasma, and also revealed variations in the stream.At the time, astronomers said the observations could help with understanding the environment around "hot Jupiter" planets found at other stars.Plans for PlutoOne of the principal aims of New Horizons is to figure out the origins of Pluto and its companion Charon, a moon that is more than half Pluto's size. At the time, Pluto and Charon were considered a double planet (although the definition of Pluto changed, as will be explained below.)NASA believed Charon formed when Pluto hit another big object long ago, creating debris that circled around Pluto and eventually formed Charon. It's a similar theory to how Earth's moon formed, so the scientists hoped to understand the creation of our moon better by looking at Charon's origins.Scientists are also eager to learn about the visual differences between Charon and Pluto. From Hubble observations, researchers deduced Pluto is far more reflective than Charon, and that Pluto has an atmosphere while Charon does not.NASA further speculated that Pluto might even have volcanic activity, because the Voyager 2 spacecraft spotted possible volcanoes (to researchers' surprise) on Triton, a moon of Neptune that is of a similar size and composition.New Horizons crossed Neptune's orbit in August 2014, and in September, the spacecraft team released pictures that the machine took of a small moon called Hydra that summer. The goal was not only to take the pictures, but to do a simulated "satellite search" - it's possible there are other moons of Pluto that are just waiting to be discovered, when the spacecraft gets closer.The spacecraft emerged from hibernation again in December 2014, representing the first of a series of milestones as New Horizons approaches Pluto. "Technically, this was routine, since the wake-up was a procedure that we'd done many times before," said Glen Fountain, New Horizons project manager at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in a statement. "Symbolically, however, this is a big deal. It means the start of our pre-encounter operations."Pluto's planetary status changesTen years can be a long time in planetary science, and that is particularly true of Pluto. Since New Horizons left our planet in 2006, we've discovered another moon nearby Pluto. Planners have made course corrections to keep the spacecraft away from Pluto's moons.Further, Pluto was demoted from its position as the ninth planet in our solar system. In August 2006, members of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) - the global body that governs astronomy names and other matters - met in a general assembly to decide on the definition of a planet.This vote was called in response to the recent discoveries of large bodies in the Kuiper Belt, an area beyond Neptune believed to contain trillions of objects.On Aug. 24, 2006, IAU representatives determined three features all planets must possess:They must orbit the sun (and not another body, as a moon orbits a planet).They must have enough mass to form a round shape.They must be large enough to clean out bits of rock and other matter in the area around their orbits.Pluto didn't meet all the classifications, and was reclassified as a dwarf planet.The decision drew fire from Alan Stern, the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission. "I'm embarrassed for astronomy. Less than 5 percent of the world's astronomers voted," he said in a 2006 interview with Space.com. "This definition stinks, for technical reasons."The decision is still controversial, years later. Little is known about Pluto because it is so far away from Earth, but we have been able to increase our understanding of it by peering at the planet with the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories. More fuel may be added to the debate as NASA's Dawn spacecraft gets close-up to Ceres this year, one of the largest members of our solar system's asteroid belt.The team plans to make a pitch to NASA for extended operations in 2016, to take a closer look at one of these worlds. Meanwhile, even after the mission ends, a group of scientists, artists, engineers and more are proposing placing a sort of message from Earth on the free hard drive space on the New Horizons spacecraft."When New Horizons gets past Pluto, [and] has done all its data and is going on the slow boat to the heliopause [the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space], then it might be possible to just reprogram about 100 megabytes of its memory and upload a new sights and sounds of Earth that are not created by a small group of scientists but, in fact, are globally crowdsourced," said Jill Tarter, who is the co-founder of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestria
When did the shuttle challenger expload?
There was a faulty O ring which lead to that explosion that killed all the astronauts on board.
