This film utilizes decades-old found footage from the actual Apollo 18 mission that never ended up taking place, featuring Commander Dick Gordon, Command Module Pilot Vance Brand and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt as members of its crew. Long Island Museum exhibit includes the real lunar lander which was fully loaded for flight before an…
Mercury and Venus are the innermost planets and often appear before or after the Sun in the sky, shining brightly due to their thick atmospheres. Venus suffers because its solar energy is quickly converted to heat that radiates back out as light, making escape difficult. Furthermore, there are few old craters and no evidence of…
As sunlight enters our atmosphere, its light is scattered by all of the gases and particles present. Light with blue wavelengths tends to scatter more readily than any other color – giving the sky its characteristically blue appearance during daylight hours. As the sun passes lower in the sky and interacts with various types of…
The sky is an ever-present presence that hosts natural phenomena such as clouds and rainbows, as well as birds, insects, aircraft and kites – not forgetting human creations like aircraft and kites! Additionally, its effects can also be felt through pollution such as smog or light pollution. Pakistanis refer to color as rang (rng). Different…
Great white sharks can detect blood up to half a mile away in water. Furthermore, their blood contains high concentrations of mercury and arsenic which would normally kill most other creatures; yet these sharks exhibit no symptoms of poisoning. Sharks do not possess cold blood; rather they use regional endothermy to store heat and maintain…
Butterfly life cycles provide students with an excellent opportunity to learn about metamorphosis. This fascinating process highlights adaptation, with various stages perfectly catering to an insect’s specific needs. Once a caterpillar reaches an adequate size, it seeks out a safe spot and forms a hard covering known as a chrysalis. At first glance it appears…
France is one of the most-visited countries, so we thought it would be fun to compile a list of interesting facts you may not know about French culture – from their motto of liberte, egalite, fraternite to their passion for cheese and even how putting an upside-down baguette onto a table can be considered unlucky!…
President Kennedy challenged NASA to land astronauts on the Moon by 1961; with help from Saturn rockets, Apollo made this goal come true. Apollo spacecraft were known as Command Module and Lunar Module and could hold three astronauts at once, disintegrating into two parts for lunar landings before returning to orbit. Apollo 11 The first…
Pollination is a process through which plants distribute seeds that become embedded in flowers and fruit that ultimately produce new seeds, completing the cycle for that particular plant’s lifecycle. Once a seed finds an environment suitable for its development, it begins to sprout and develop into what is known as a seedling – a young…
