Space Travel and Exploration

As of 2021, estimates suggest that over $650 billion has been spent on space exploration programs worldwide. This includes costs related to building and launching spacecraft, maintaining space infrastructure, and supporting scientific research.

There is no atmosphere in outer space to scatter light, so colors as we see them on Earth would not appear the same. However, objects in space still have intrinsic colors based on their composition and the way they reflect or emit light. Astronauts in space can still see these colors to some extent.

The rover was launched on July 30, 2020 aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The crew members of Apollo 14 were Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, and Stuart Roosa. Alan Shepard was the mission commander, Edgar Mitchell was the lunar module pilot, and Stuart Roosa was the command module pilot.

The crew members of Apollo 14 were Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, and Stuart Roosa. Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell performed two moonwalks during the mission. Stuart Roosa remained in lunar orbit as the command module pilot.

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA in 1977 to study the outer planets of our solar system. During its mission, Voyager 1 provided valuable data and images of Jupiter and Saturn, including their moons and rings. It became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space in 2012.

Albert II, a rhesus monkey, was sent into space by the United States for scientific research purposes as part of the space exploration program. His mission was to study the effects of space travel on living organisms and to contribute to the understanding of how space conditions affect biological systems.

The first rocket to land was the Falcon 9 rocket booster, which successfully landed on December 21, 2015. The landing was part of SpaceX's efforts to develop reusable rocket technology.

No, Yuri A. Gagarin was the first person to travel to space on April 12, 1961, as part of the Vostok 1 mission. He traveled alone on this historic journey.

Astronaut

Space exploration benefits humans on Earth by driving technological advancements in various fields such as medicine, communications, and environmental monitoring. It also inspires innovation and education, resulting in economic growth and job creation. Additionally, studying space can help us better understand our own planet and address global challenges like climate change and natural disasters.

If you mean the dog on Soviet craft Sputnik 2, launched on the 3rd of November 1957, her name was Leika/Laika.

It was a one way trip for her though, as once all the experiments of the mission were complete a radio command was sent from the ground to vent the air from the capsule. She died quickly.

She was a stray and adopted by them and after a well deseved care that she was longing, they sent her up in space and left her there alone to die in orbit. Saddest story I ever heard to be honest. To be given hope of a new life and then just left to die on purpose

One of the most widely used technological advancement (even now) which changed not only the automobile industry but all industries is the conveyor assembly production system first used by Ford to produce model 'T', mostly in 1911.

Rockets are generally launched vertically to minimize air resistance and ensure a more efficient trajectory. Launching vertically helps reduce the amount of fuel needed to counteract gravity and achieve the necessary velocity to escape Earth's atmosphere. Additionally, a vertical launch provides a clear path for the rocket to move away from the launch site, reducing potential safety risks.

Spacecraft that will operate within the inner solar system are generally equipped

with solar (photovoltaic) panels, which use sunlight to generate electric power.

Those that will spend most of their time in the outer solar system, or leave the

solar system entirely, will carry nuclear reactors to generate electric power.

The electric power runs the instruments, computers, and communications on the

spacecraft. But in most cases, electric power doesn't provide the forces needed for

navigation. Mid-course adjustments of attitude and trajectory are made the old-

fashioned way ... with rocket engines, or thrusters that poof out little puffs of gas.

Both of those run on fuel that's carried aboard the spacecraft at launch. When it's

gone, it's gone.

As of 2021, over 580 people have been to space. This includes astronauts from various countries who have traveled to space aboard different spacecraft, such as the Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and the International Space Station.

Space shuttle Columbia first launched on April 12, 1981, for its maiden flight.

The Soviet Union was the first country to launch a human into space. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961.

It is actually a two-way relationship. The Apollo spacecraft that journeyed to the Moon, for example, were equipped with several small computers for safety's sake. These were less powerful than the ones you now have in your home. The Space Shuttles were presumably able to use better ones originally developed for home use.

Radio telescopes invented to detect radiation from distant stars were used to pick up radio and TV broadcasts from the astronauts. On the other hand, some things used by or developed for the astronauts, like the fasteners on their space suits, came into much more general use on Earth afterwards.

As the space capsule re-enters Earth's atmosphere, it experiences immense friction with the air, causing the exterior to heat up rapidly. This intense heat leads to the glow, heating up the exterior to temperatures hot enough to emit a red glow. Heat shields are used to protect the spacecraft and its occupants from these extreme temperatures.

The first man-made object to successfully be placed in Earth orbit was dubbed "Sputnik".

It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ... part of the USSR at

the time ... on October 4, 1957.

Rocket Boys, also known as October Sky in some editions, is a memoir by Homer H. Hickam Jr. It has about 368 pages in most editions or around 100,000 words in total.

Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go to space on April 12, 1961, when he orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.

Yes, they are called Lagrange points. Between any two objects in space there are 2 points in between them at which the pull of gravity from both cancel each other out.