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...

Introduction The international space station is a large structure in orbit around Earth that serves as a laboratory and home for astronauts. The ISS is one of the most important scientific structures as it is the only place that currently supports a human crew to...

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...

Space exploration is a crucial step in the future of the human race. There are many benefits to be gained from this endeavor. Expansion, knowledge, and continuation of the human race are some of the crucial benefits to be considered. Exploring space allows humans to...

Space exploration has become a major project for every developed country in the modern world with countries competing to achieve more from the expedition. Controversies have emerged surrounding resources used, funding, the objectives and the methods used I the space travel projects. It has always...

Space exploration has changed modern society with emerged of some high-level of technology in the last few decades globally, which is a way to discover the new world, challenging boundaries of science and stimulating the innovation technical limits. The spirit of discovering the universe has...

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...

Life outside Earth has been one of the ultimate goals for generations. Whether it be finding life outside Earth or moving life outside of Earth. Still after so many years humans are primarily stationed on this planet. The biggest issue stopping humans from moving for...

Scientists believe the Universe began in a hot ‘big bang’ about 13,600 million years ago. The Universe continues to expand today. The evidence for the Big Bang theory includes the existence of a microwave background radiation, and red-shift. Stars do not remain the same, but...

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...

One of the most interesting people on this planet is Elon Reeve Musk. Some of the few hats he wears are engineer, inventor, investor, and visionary. He went from co creating a software company, to designing forward thinking electric vehicles, to envisioning colonizing Mars with...

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...

These are the famous words spoken by Neil Alden Armstrong. Who was the first person in history to walk on the moon. He left earth on July 16, 1969 to embark on this extraordinary lunar mission. Neil had shown immense courage and bravery to venture...

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.”...

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...

Abstract In this essay, I am going to be covering how the Soyuz 11 mission went from a success to the most tragic of endings for the three brave astronauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev on their fatal mission. In this essay, I...

Space exploration is a process spurred by human curiosity and the desire for knowledge to traverse the unknown. Other than that, exploring the unknown allows us to generate a greater understanding of the universe and solar system on a level that sanctions technological advances to...

Many ancient paintings depict humans looking up at the heavens, indicating that humans have been wondering about space for centuries. With our technological advancements, we are now capable of reaching space. We have launched rockets to the moon, countless satellites, and even have space stations....

Never before in the history of humankind has it been possible to explore other planets and in the not so distant future it may become a reality. Advances in technology in the 1960s resulted in the first visit to the moon and these advances responsible...

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...

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...

To explore the planet Venus has been always an interesting subject for mankind. Improving and understanding of Venus is very important. It is second planet from the Sun, It orbits sun at 224.7 days earth. Atmosphere of this planet is very challenging for any kind...

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...

There are many mysteries in space that scientists have not found yet, but have they explored deeper into outer space to find somethings that will help us understand earth? Researches have found that there are many benefits of space exploration when it comes to understanding...

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 national...

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...

How is 3D Printing being used in the Space Industry, and how will using it in Space be revolutionary for the technology? A company by the name of Planetary Resources developed a spacecraft in 2014 that was fully made utilizing 3D technology. The craft was...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the Federal Government founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower it is responsible for aeronautics and aerospace research. This event means that they conduct missions and create modules/equipment used to explore outer space and have...

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...

Cosmology is the scientific study of the large-scale properties of the universe as a whole. It endeavors the use of scientific method to understand the origin, evolution and ultimate fate of the universe. Cosmology involves the formation of theories or hypothesis about the universe which...