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NASA
NASA is the National Aeronautical Space Administration, which oversees all the space travel in the United States. Its most famous project is the Apollo moon missions.
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How does a astronaut go to space?
An astronaut goes to space by training and being selected by a space agency such as NASA. They then travel to space onboard a spacecraft, such as the Russian Soyuz or the SpaceX Dragon, which launches from Earth to transport them to the International Space Station or other space destinations.
Why is there so much smoke during space shuttle and rocket launches?
Additionally, a fair amount of steam is created by the engines of the shuttle. The external fuel tanks on the vehicle (one large orange tank and two thinner, white tanks known as Solid Rocket Boosters or SRBs) contain various propellants to shoot the shuttle into space. The large external tank contains liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen which is fed to the shuttle's main engines.
Any good science student will know that water consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. The combustion of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen creates water in its gaseous form, steam. This steam joins the cloud made by the noise dampening system and is carried away into the atmosphere.
For further information, see a great page about the principles of rocketry by viewing the related links below.
See Related LinksSee the Related Links for "Principles of Rocketry" to the bottom for the answer.When did the first space shuttle take off?
The first space shuttle, Columbia, took off on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, known as STS-1.
What does the Canadian Space Agency do?
Well unknown to many Canada has an advanced space program and it trains future astronauts through the Canadian Astronaut Corps. This is evident from the fact that about 10 (I don't recall the exact number) astronauts from Canada have flown along side US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts. Chris Hadfield is the most common name that comes to mind. They are pretty experienced I must say. And then there is the Canadarm, the robotic arm manufactured by Canada that is an absolute vital component of the International Space Station. Without it there can be no fittings or repairs.
Why do satellites fly in a wave pattern?
You're describing the wavelike line that shows up on the maps at mission control when they
plot the path of the spacecraft that they've just launched.
Try to imagine this:
The satellite is circling the earth at a constant rate ... say one orbit every couple of hours. At the same time,
the earth is rotating under the satellite, one complete spin every 24 hours.
Add these two motions together, and you'll see that a point on the ground ... if it always stays directly UNDER
the satellite ... will trace that 'wave' shape on the ground.
When is the current US space shuttle fleet due to retire?
The fleet is due to retire in the year 2010. This could be extended to complete the international space station if needed.
Neil Alden Armstrong died on August 25, 2012.
It was one of saddest moment in the American History.
What is the purpose of the International Space Station?
The International Space Station serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory where scientific research is conducted in astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology, physics, and other fields. It also serves as a platform for international cooperation in space exploration and technology development.
What happened to the space shuttle Challenger?
NASA stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
They are the agency of the United States of America responsible for nonmilitary programs in the exploration and scientific study of space.
It's a US government agency ... so technically you do (if you're a US citizen).
Lewis Roberts is the head scientist though. nasa has discontinued the spaceshuttles forever in December the last 1 is to go off
What were the names of the crew members of Apollo 13?
The three members of the Apollo 13 were: (Commander) James A Lovell, (Lunar module pilot) Fred Haise, and (Command module pilot) John L 'Jack' Swigert. The command module pilot was originally Thomas 'Ken' Mattingly. However he was exposed to German Measles and so was unable to go on the mission. He was replaced by Jack Swigert.
Interestingly, Mattingly never did get German measles, but did play a very important role, along with many others, by working with ground crew to help them devise a plan to bring the crew back safely.
When did NASA launch its first satellite?
NASA launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, on January 31, 1958.
What is the International Space Station?
above the msosphere and below the exosphere sumwhere around there
Its orbit is in the thermosphere which is approximately at a altitude of 300km. it is above the mesosphere and below the exosphere.
Who invented the International Space Station?
The ISS was invented by sixteen different countries in which include Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United kingdom, and the USA.
You would still be in a desert environment, as 20 minutes of highway travel at highway speeds would not be enough to reach a rainforest environment from a starting point that was 700 miles away from NASA Space Center Houston.
The simple answer is, over a radio transmission containing the picture information and between 35 and 52 minutes depending on how far away we are from Jupiter at the time. NASA has employed many different techniques to send pictures back from spacecraft over their history. Some early lunar photos were actually taken with a film camera and robotically developed in the spacecraft while it orbited the moon. The photos where then moved in front of a special TV camera and sent back to earth over a radio transmission, much like how Television signals get to your TV. Eventually tube based cameras wee used to capture reasonably higher resolution photos almost like one still frame from a video camera. Most of the wonderful images from older missions to planets like Jupiter are actually many small photos assembled into one "high-resolution" mosaic. As digital cameras have improved over time they are now used in spacecraft to capture digital pictures and send the data back to earth as a computer file. The photos are taken and stored inside the spacecraft, on a digital tape as late as the 1990s and now on solid state storage, and sent back to earth over the data uplink. This is essentially a radio transmission that is sending computer information instead of a voice transmission or a TV picture, much like a compute modem connects over a telephone line. If you were to listen to it, it would sound like the white noise or the screeching, hissing noise computer modems make when dialing into to their internet provider. The uplinks are getting faster as technology increase and while you could say it's similar in ways to wireless data services like WiFi laptops or 3G cell phones, the connection speeds are still much slower. How long does the transmission take to reach earth? This depends on where Earth is in it's orbit and where Jupiter is in it's orbit. At times we are as close as 390,000,000 miles from Jupiter and at times we are as far away as 570,000,000 miles. This means transmissions from Jupiter take between 35 and 52 minutes to reach earth.
On October 1st, 1958 the United States Congress formed NASA, which stands for National Aeronautical and Space Administration. NASA replaced NACA . The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. On October 1, 1958 the agency was dissolved, and its assets and personnel transferred to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NACA was pronounced as individual letters, rather than as an acronym. NASA was borne out of United States concerns following the Russian (then USSR) launch and orbit of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957. This triggered the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States. The reason there was a race for space is due to the vast military dominance associated with holding the high ground during a battle. Whoever controlled outer space held the highest ground possible. NASA's budget is reviewed and administered annually by the the United States Congress. (Added text concerning NACA and Sputnick 1 was taken from Wikipedia.)
How long does it take to move a space shuttle?
It typically takes several weeks to move a space shuttle from one location to another. The process involves carefully transporting the shuttle on a special transporter vehicle at very slow speeds to ensure its safety. Factors like distance, logistics, and any necessary road closures can also affect the timeline for moving a space shuttle.
The best-known NASA field installations are the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center near Houston, Tex., where flights are coordinated, and the John F. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., where all space shuttle launches take place. Other facilities include the Dryden, Glenn, Goddard, and Stennis centers and NASA headquarters, in Washington, D.C. Operationally, NASA is headed by a civilian appointed by the president and has four divisions: the offices of Space Flight, Space Science Programs, Aeronautics Exploration and Technology, and Tracking and Data Acquisition. Despite some highly publicized failures, NASA has in many cases successfully completed its missions within their projected budgets; the total cost of the Apollo project, for example, wound up very close to the original $20-billion estimate. Currently, NASA oversees all space science projects, operates the space shuttle, and launches approximately half of all military space missions.
The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. apollo-1ended tragically when all the astronauts inside died due to fire in the command module during an experimental simulation. Because of this incident, there were a few unmanned tests before men boarded the spacecraft. apollo-8and apollo-10tested various components while orbiting the Moon, and returned photographs. On July 20, 1969, apollo-11, landed the first men on the moon, neil-armstrongand buzz-aldrin. apollo-13did not land on the Moon due to a malfunction, but did return photographs. The six missions that landed on the Moon returned a wealth of scientific data and almost 400 kilograms of lunar samples. Experiments included soil-mechanics, meteoroid, seismology, heat-transfer-1, lunar ranging, magnetic-field, and solar wind experiments
NASA's ongoing investigations include in-depth surveys of marsand saturnand studies of the earthand the sun. Other NASA spacecraft are presently en route to mercury-in-roman-religion-planet-nearest-to-the-sunand pluto. With missions to jupiterin planning stages, NASA's itinerary covers over half the solar system.
Managed by the NASA's jet-propulsion-laboratory(JPL) in Pasadena, California, the phoenix-spacecraftmission was launched on August 4, 2008. It will search for possible underground water courses in the northern Martian pole. This lander revives much of its experiments and instrumentation from the failed 1999 mars-polar-lander, hence its name. An improved and larger rover-space-exploration, mars-science-laboratory, is under construction and slated to launch in 2009. On the horizon of NASA's plans are two possibilities under consideration for the Mars Scout 2013 mission.
The best-known NASA field installations are the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center near Houston, Tex., where flights are coordinated, and the John F. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., where all space shuttle launches take place. Other facilities include the Dryden, Glenn, Goddard, and Stennis centers and NASA headquarters, in Washington, D.C. Operationally, NASA is headed by a civilian appointed by the president and has four divisions: the offices of Space Flight, Space Science Programs, Aeronautics Exploration and Technology, and Tracking and Data Acquisition. Despite some highly publicized failures, NASA has in many cases successfully completed its missions within their projected budgets; the total cost of the Apollo project, for example, wound up very close to the original $20-billion estimate. Currently, NASA oversees all space science projects, operates the space shuttle, and launches approximately half of all military space missions.
The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. apollo-1ended tragically when all the astronauts inside died due to fire in the command module during an experimental simulation. Because of this incident, there were a few unmanned tests before men boarded the spacecraft. apollo-8and apollo-10tested various components while orbiting the Moon, and returned photographs. On July 20, 1969, apollo-11, landed the first men on the moon, neil-armstrongand buzz-aldrin. apollo-13did not land on the Moon due to a malfunction, but did return photographs. The six missions that landed on the Moon returned a wealth of scientific data and almost 400 kilograms of lunar samples. Experiments included soil-mechanics, meteoroid, seismology, heat-transfer-1, lunar ranging, magnetic-field, and solar wind experiments
NASA's ongoing investigations include in-depth surveys of marsand saturnand studies of the earthand the sun. Other NASA spacecraft are presently en route to mercury-in-roman-religion-planet-nearest-to-the-sunand pluto. With missions to jupiterin planning stages, NASA's itinerary covers over half the solar system.
Managed by the NASA's jet-propulsion-laboratory(JPL) in Pasadena, California, the phoenix-spacecraftmission was launched on August 4, 2008. It will search for possible underground water courses in the northern Martian pole. This lander revives much of its experiments and instrumentation from the failed 1999 mars-polar-lander, hence its name. An improved and larger rover-space-exploration, mars-science-laboratory, is under construction and slated to launch in 2009. On the horizon of NASA's plans are two possibilities under consideration for the Mars Scout 2013 mission.
The best-known NASA field installations are the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center near Houston, Tex., where flights are coordinated, and the John F. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., where all space shuttle launches take place. Other facilities include the Dryden, Glenn, Goddard, and Stennis centers and NASA headquarters, in Washington, D.C. Operationally, NASA is headed by a civilian appointed by the president and has four divisions: the offices of Space Flight, Space Science Programs, Aeronautics Exploration and Technology, and Tracking and Data Acquisition. Despite some highly publicized failures, NASA has in many cases successfully completed its missions within their projected budgets; the total cost of the Apollo project, for example, wound up very close to the original $20-billion estimate. Currently, NASA oversees all space science projects, operates the space shuttle, and launches approximately half of all military space missions.
The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. apollo-1ended tragically when all the astronauts inside died due to fire in the command module during an experimental simulation. Because of this incident, there were a few unmanned tests before men boarded the spacecraft. apollo-8and apollo-10tested various components while orbiting the Moon, and returned photographs. On July 20, 1969, apollo-11, landed the first men on the moon, neil-armstrongand buzz-aldrin. apollo-13did not land on the Moon due to a malfunction, but did return photographs. The six missions that landed on the Moon returned a wealth of scientific data and almost 400 kilograms of lunar samples. Experiments included soil-mechanics, meteoroid, seismology, heat-transfer-1, lunar ranging, magnetic-field, and solar wind experiments
NASA's ongoing investigations include in-depth surveys of marsand saturnand studies of the earthand the sun. Other NASA spacecraft are presently en route to mercury-in-roman-religion-planet-nearest-to-the-sunand pluto. With missions to jupiterin planning stages, NASA's itinerary covers over half the solar system.
Managed by the NASA's jet-propulsion-laboratory(JPL) in Pasadena, California, the phoenix-spacecraftmission was launched on August 4, 2008. It will search for possible underground water courses in the northern Martian pole. This lander revives much of its experiments and instrumentation from the failed 1999 mars-polar-lander, hence its name. An improved and larger rover-space-exploration, mars-science-laboratory, is under construction and slated to launch in 2009. On the horizon of NASA's plans are two possibilities under consideration for the Mars Scout 2013 mission.
When was the first space rocket launched?
The first rocket to reach "space" was a German V-2 (the A4 rocket weapon) launched during World War II. According to test records, the first rocket to reach "space" was likely the fourth test launch on October 3, 1942.
The first USSR (Russian) space satellite was Sputnik 1 in 1957, followed by the first US space satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958.
Why do women prefer to wear wrist watches on the right arm instead of the left?
Not all women prefer to wear watches on the right arm. Besides there are men who also wear watches on their right arm. It is all about comfort. Some women prefer to have a nice bracelet on their left arm which is why watches are worn on the right. There is not strict rule - it's all about comfort.
Both men and women sometimes are found to wear watches on their right hand but they are generally left handed.
There is no rule
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What does a satellite have to do with waves?
The question should probably read "What do waves have to do with satellites". Assuming you're asking about the communication satellites in orbit around the earth, the signals that send the information to the satallites and back to the earth are called radio waves or micro waves. This looks like it will explain the concept. http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/exhibit/exhibit.php?taid=&id=159265&lid=1&seq=11&view=
From what US state are space shuttles launched?
Typically it is Florida, at Cape Canaveral
Typically it is Florida, at Cape Canaveral
Typically it is Florida, at Cape Canaveral
Typically it is Florida, at Cape Canaveral
Typically it is Florida, at Cape Canaveral
Typically it is Florida, at Cape Canaveral
Why is space exploration a waste of money?
The future of space exploration holds a promise of an amazing future for the human species. Complex question, complex answer. This answer is addressing the questions of government expenditure on civilian space programs. First, it is a good idea to identify what "waste" means. In this case, it can be identified as the differences in benefit attained by putting the monies elsewhere.
It is also important how you define "benefit", whether you are defining it solely in terms of GDP, quality of life, and so on. You can always construct an argument that space is a waste of money if your sole definition of benefit is social welfare, for example. Likewise, government space exploration produces a lot of scientific knowledge, most of which has no immediate commercial application. Therefore, GDP may not be the best metric to use if you are concerned with efficacy of the spending of R&D funds, as opposed to spending the money on semiconductor research or biotech.
Last, there is the concept of diminishing returns. Like any production system, increasing spending an extra billion on space exploration will do less than the previous billion spent. The question then becomes, at what point does spending another billion on social welfare, or paying down national debt, or lowering taxes yield more benefit than the equivalent money being spent on a space program?
There is no cut and dried answer, but it should be obvious from the above that -some- amount of spending on a space program is optimal, and it would be fallacious to say that space exploration in general is a waste. The hard part is determining just how much spending on space is worthwhile. It is not a waste of money. It helps in the future but also loses money at the same time. It will be always be a helpful thing later on. We do lose tons of money and gain some at the same time but it is worth it. NASA had a budget of $16.2 billion with human spaceflight division but also other engineering projects and science funds by NASA.
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Additional Answer:
It's only a waste when the funds are abused by coruption or incompatance. Otherwise space Exploration is an investment.
An urgent investment.
But not necessarily for the conventional wisdom reasons, which include
researching new materials and technology, and of course mankind's ferocious curiosity and appetite for knowledge.
Unfortunately our technology is advancing faster then human maturity as a race. Our technology will soon be greater then we are mentally capable to properly steward. This enormous responsibility is already out of control. Much like giving a loaded bazooka to a baby. It has been estimated that within a few decades, even the regular Joe or Jane on the street with have technology enough to destroy the planet as an individual. Lets hope he or she doesn't wake up one morning mad at the world with a hangover or severe PMS.
We need space exploration to colonize off earth, in order to save our race.
Why save the race anyway one might ask? Please consider music, art and love.
Consider literature and history, and the young brilliant loving children yet to
be born. Was it, and will it will all have been a great big waste?
