Spaceflight

August 20, 1969. The scene is the front yard of a cozy suburban home. Little Thomas lies in the grass and gazes to the stars. Only a month before, Neil Armstrong uttered the famous words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” These words inspired Little Thomas. He gazes to the stars. Gazes and dreams, dreams of a time when he would bounce between stars, moons, and planets like there was no distance between them at all. Thomas thinks, “I can’t wait! I’m gonna be an astronaut

Upon the consideration of long-distance human spaceflight, the risk management plan in correspondence must prepare the crew members before and during the mission, for risks which may or may not occur, in the isolated confines of space. Specifically, the risks of meteoroid impacts, malnutrition, and contamination were observed and their effects on the psychological and physical health of the crew members was detailed. Only meteoroid impacts are singularly and in transit risk, while both malnutrition

Space Exploration: What Are the Effects of Spaceflight on the Human Body? The accomplishment of space travel on 12 April 1961 marked the dawn of a new space era. Since then, humans have advanced in technology and acquired immense knowledge through space exploration. We watch video clips of astronauts enjoying a gravity-free environment, however, there are challenges in space, the greatest threat being the lack of oxygen and pressure. Furthermore, spaceflight has a significant impact on the human body

can now hope to enter an era of renewed optimism in spaceflight. The transition of traditional facilities to commercial use connotes literal and new horizons. NASA unveiled the new name of Boeing’s commercial crew transportation spacecraft, dubbed the CST-100 Starliner, in addition to current plans to refit Kennedy Space Center for more continuous transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station. NEW PLANS FOR COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT WITH BOEING’S STARLINER Starliner, Boeing’s commercial

The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program in which groups of three to five students work together to figure out an experiment that they would like tested in space. The winning group’s experiment will be tested in space to see if their experiment will actually work and to benefit future astronauts. I was fortunate enough to participate in this program, which has taught me many lessons and has given me information that will be extremely valuable in my future years as a student

Commercializing Spaceflight Spaceflight has always been dominated by the public sector, which is controlled by the government. Working for a government owned aerospace company and seeing the amount of capital required to send an object into space, I have always wondered if spaceflight could ever be commercialized in the private sector. The cost associated with spaceflight has always been so expensive and provided little monetary return on investment, that only the government could afford to fund

it was to be the past. A scene from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science-fiction epic, 2001 A Space Odyssey, it was lauded at the time for its realistic portrayal of a human future in space (*1). Now, ten years after this future failed to manifest, spaceflight is still a privilege reserved only for the most powerful

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the united state running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the U.S. Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted twenty unmanned developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The program, which took its name from the god of travel

vehicles. NASA continued the downward trend of its funding, into the 1990s, even after seeing a brief jump during the Bush administration. (Kring) From 1962, NASA had provided the framework for commercial companies to enter into the world of spaceflight, when Kennedy signed into law the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (Communications Satellite Act of 1962) This act provided the framework for private companies to design, manufacture, and operate their own satellites, while still only offering

Since the mid-twentieth century, people have had a desire to explore different aspects of space. The space race between the United States of America and Russia was the height of space exploration. Now with modern interest in the colonization of Mars, the desire to explore space has, again, increased with 20 licensed launches in America in the 2017 calendar year according to the Federal Aviation Administration (“Commercial Space Data”). Different countries still express interest in exploring space