Essays on Space Exploration

Since its conception, space exploration has captured the imaginations of many in a limitless frontier, where ingenuity is unbound and social barriers do not hinder humanity’s collective quest for knowledge; however, when considering the implications of space exploration, advocates must acknowledge the financial costs of...

We have a special feeling toward the other planets that circle our sun. Maybe it’s all the science fiction stories about visiting the moon, Mars and other planets. But we love to think about those planets that make up what we call “the solar system.”...

Humans, since the dawn of time, have been interested in what lies outside of Earth. People were curious what zero gravity would feel like, and what it would do to the human body. Valerie Neal, curator and chair of space history at the Smithsonian National...

In this modern world we are indulged with different circumstances of our life. Men are busy in jobs to earn money they have schedule from morning to night, children have school routine and women mostly get busy in cooking for their children and husband. Do...

Falcon 9 is a family of two-stage-to-orbit medium lift launch vehicles, named for its use of nine first-stage engines, designed and manufactured by SpaceX. Variants include the retired Falcon 9 v1.0 and Falcon 9 v1.1, as well as the current Falcon 9 Full Thrust, both...

If you are a serious astronomy fanatic like a lot of us are, you can probably remember that one event in childhood that started you along this exciting hobby. It might have been that first time you looked through a telescope. But for many of...

Astronomers have found less than 2,000 pulsars, but there should be about a billion neutron stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. There are two reasons for this cause, and one of them is age. Most neutron stars are billions of years old, indicating they have...

Spacecraft in the Outer Solar System versus Space Craft in the Inner Solar System. Spacecraft operating in the inner Solar System usually rely on the use of photovoltaic solar panels to generate electricity from sunlight. In the outer solar system, where the sunlight is too...

The big bang theory is formerly known as one of the most accepted simulations of our world. The framework estimates the start of our world in some 13.8 billion years ago. This model says that in the start of all that our small world was...

The question is in everyone’s mind. People all over the world devote their lives to figuring out the answer. Does alien life exist? There is proof of habitable areas in the solar system and ways to learn more about them, planets that meet some of...

The issue ‘Is there life on other planets?” started since the start of the human obsession with the outer space, and is still waiting for a reply. The Catholic Church violently punished early astronomers seeking life on other planets. People have seen these astronomers as...

A new study shows that aliens exist, and they have already visited our planet! Scientists say the reason we have not seen them yet is because they have not visited in a long time (10 million years). Originally published in The Astronomical Journal, the study...

Recently astronomers were able to map about 1 billion stars around us. Sounds impressive, but that’s less than 1% of total stars there are in the Milky Way. It’s statistically impossible that we are the first intelligent species in the galaxy. There were advanced civilizations...

“What if there are other life forms living from the far-side of the universe other than us?” Humankind has been unceasing in trying to find an evidence of life outside our own shelter. Spearheaded by NASA, scientists have sent several expeditions to unseal mysteries that...

An invisible universe, an impossible substance holding the ever expanding universe together on wire thin strings, everything you can see, on Earth or in space, is almost totally dominated by one substance; dark matter. For over 50 years, scientists have been trying to comprehend this...

We experiment and observe to find out the different characteristics that make up the universe. In order to do so, we must go over basic observation such as what it looks like, and how it interacts with other things around it, etc. These are the...

Background The Space Race had created two strong space programs that would end up competing for space supremacy as a result of the intense competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both countries made great emphasis in their efforts to create a stronger...

On July 20, 1969, Man took their first steps on the moon. This was an enormous triumph for NASA, but also the United States as a whole. It is a day in history that paved the way for many future space missions and discoveries, and...

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” is one of the most iconic quotes in American history. NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Association, has a rich history including the Apollo 11 mission and its astronauts. Apollo 11, the first...