It was the early 1960s, a time of sky-high hopes and fierce rivalries. The United States and the Soviet Union found themselves in a race like no other— the race to the moon. Tension was in the air during the Cold War, and space was the newest battleground. This is where NASA, born from ambition…
Since the turn of the century there has been an upsurge in the number of countries and organisations, for example the European Space Agency (ESA), that have sent missions to the Moon. Most of these missions have been to survey areas where the possibility of a Moon Base can be built. The possibility of having…
The 1970’s started with the fanfare of Apollo’s 11 and 12 of 1969. However, Apollo 11, particularly , was a political statement to show the United States technological superiority and to fulfil President Kennedy’s vision of in 1962. NASA by this time had felt comfortable about sending a manned mission to the Moon. But in…
The Missions to the Moon have a varied history. Some were great achievements whilst others were tragedies that cost astronauts lost their lives. Through all this NASA made small steps that would eventually lead to Man walking on the Moon. President John F. Kennedy. In May 1961 President John F. Kennedy committed the United States…
After Sputnik the Soviet Union turned its attention to the Moon in 1958. The United States then followed. There is a story behind all these early space craft of the late 1950’s. These early probes that led the way to what would be Man’s outstanding achievement in Apollo 11 and later missions to the Moon….
Cold and Eccentric: A Dive into Uranus and Neptune Uranus Uranus from Voyager 2 Moving on out our next visit is to Uranus the seventh planet from the Sun. Uranus is the third largest planet in the Solar System after Jupiter and Saturn. But unlike Jupiter and Saturn, which are gas giants, Uranus is described…