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…
Psychic readings can provide answers to many of your life questions, including which planet is nearest the Earth? Answer may surprise you! While Venus does come closer than any other planet to our home planet on average, it may not be considered the nearest. Mercury Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and orbits…
When asked which planet is nearest Earth, many will point out Venus as being closer than Mars at certain points in their orbital path. However, a new study has demonstrated that Mercury is our closest neighbor on average; this is because the distance between planets reduces by their average distances from the Sun. Mercury Mercury…
With Grissom, White and Chaffee secured inside, technicians scrambled to open their capsule’s hatch using a ratchet-like device that released latches one after another. Engineers were aware of the fact that the spacecraft’s pure oxygen atmosphere was potentially flammable; however, they contended it would only ignite at 5 pounds per square inch instead of the…
Many people ask which planet is nearest the earth, yet finding an accurate answer can be challenging due to how all planets orbit elliptically rather than circularly and can come close at different times. Mercury tends to be closer than Venus on average, even though it often goes unnoticed in comparison with larger and more…
Landing on the Moon requires immense amounts of energy. That energy must be carefully managed in order to achieve an efficient landing on its surface. Surveyor 1 was the inaugural spacecraft of its kind to take high-resolution photos and create a map of potential Apollo landing sites on the Moon’s far side. Controllers deliberately crashed…
People often think Venus is our nearest planet because of how often it passes so close by us; however, engineers have developed a simulation of the solar system and found that on average Mercury is closer than Venus to us. Due to elliptical orbits of planets, distance can change with time and thus distance is…
Many people believe Venus to be Earth’s nearest planet; this may not entirely be correct as Venus does sometimes draw closer than Mars at certain times. Mercury is our closest neighboring planet because it has a smaller orbital path. Mercury is an intriguing planet, boasting extreme temperatures and unanswered mysteries that make it an appealing…
Spacecraft are vehicles designed to leave Earth’s atmosphere and travel through space, including satellites that orbit our planet, robots sent out into outer space, and vehicles used by astronauts traveling to the Moon. Armstrong descended the ladder from Columbia into Eagle and made history when he set foot onto the lunar surface for the first…
