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America's First Astronauts- The Mercury 7

Dave Wheeler — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:29:06 +0000

On April 9th, 1959, NASA announced its first seven astronauts, later dubbed the “Mercury Seven”. The American public first met the seven men chosen to be this country’s first human space voyagers on April 9, 1959, at a press conference in Washington. The men were dubbed “astronauts.” The term was a cross between “aeronauts,” as [...]

The International Space Station Close To Hitting Debris

Dave Wheeler — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:12:22 +0000

Even in Earth's orbit we suffer from the problem of pollution. Through the years books have been published, and even some of the movies picture some of the garbage. Sometimes this garbage can damage some of our equipment in space.

One Way Trip To Mars, Anyone?

Dave Wheeler — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:51:03 +0000

Two scientists are suggesting that colonization of the red planet could happen faster and more economically if astronauts behaved like the first settlers to come to North America and didn’t come home. Would you go? The article titled “To Boldly Go” appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Cosmology. Physicists Schulze-Makuch and Paul [...]