The Skylab Space Station was launched May 14, 1973, from the NASA Kennedy Space Center by the colossal Saturn V launch vehicle (the moon rocket of the Apollo Space Program). Sixty-three seconds after liftoff of the Space Station, the shield designed to protect it from meteoroids also to shade Skylab's workshop—moved without any intent. The shield was torn from the space station because of atmospheric drag. This event led to a ten-day period where Skylab has many problems that had to be taken care of before the space station would be safe for future missions. The Skylab Space Station was launched into orbit on May 14, 1973 as part of the Apollo program.
Sadly, Karen died of complications related to an inoperable brain tumor in January 1962. The following year, the Armstrongs welcomed their third child, son Mark. That same year, Armstrong joined the astronaut program. He and his family moved to Houston, Texas, and Armstrong served as the command pilot for his first mission, Gemini VIII. He and fellow astronaut David Scott were launched into the earth's orbit on March 16, 1966.
Researchers say they know how the Hindenburg airship came to its fiery end: static electricity. Seventy-six years ago, the German dirigible was promoted as the future of trans-Atlantic flight, but instead it became the notorious poster child of air disasters. As the hydrogen-filled blimp was landing in Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937, it suddenly burst into flames and crashed in front of shocked bystanders, killing 35 of the 100 passengers and crew on board—and putting an end to the short-lived air travel program. Now scientists who have been studying the circumstances that led to the Hindenburg’s end say they know what happened. The Independent, in an article about a documentary on the Hindenburg airing on Britain's Channel 4 on Thursday, explains that Jem Stansfield, a British aeronautical engineer who led a team of researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, blew up and set fire to models of the dirigible to rule out possibilities including a bomb and exploding paint.
Response to 9/11 The Event On 11th September 2001, four planes were hijacked by Al-Qaeda. One of the planes flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre in New York City. 20 minutes after this horrible event, with camera crews sending pictures all over the world, a second plane crashed into the South Tower. Both Towers collapsed, killing 2,752 people. This number includes the innocent people on the planes, firemen, policemen and medical staff who had all gone to assist the crisis.
Philosophy Critical Thinking 5/29/2012 TWA Flight 800 What happened during TWA Flight 800? The flight crashed a few minutes after take off from the JFK Airport while on its way to Paris. The mystery of the crash consists of two theories. One theory states that a spark ignited a fuel tank explosion( another name for this theory is the “NTSB Theory”. The other theory states that a missile struck the aircraft in midair.
Then on May 18, 1980 it happened, 57 people were killed, over 7,000 animals were killed as well. The eruption destroyed entire forest, leaving only brunt tree trunks all flatten in the same direction. The amount of timber destroyed was enough to make 300,000 two-bedroom homes and the mud that traveled down the mountain destroyed about 200 houses and clogging up shipping channels in the Columbia River. The volcano itself change shape, poisonous gas and ash was released from the volcano ash poured down on 15 states within days and gas from the volcano and circled the world. It
How effective were world governments on communicating the disaster? Thirty years later, nuclear power is being used more than ever by mankind, with such an accident present in history are we safe from another meltdown knowing that humans will always commit errors? The direct cause of the accident came from reactor number four of the power plant when it went under several unauthorized tests which led to the explosion of the reactor resulting in a nuclear meltdown and the release of nuclear materials into the atmosphere (Leo.Maryann.De). This was the equivalent of four hundred times more pollution than the bomb of Hiroshima. In the thirty kilometer radius of the plant, a hundred and sixty one thousand people were evacuated due to the twenty five thousand square kilometers being heavily contaminated by nuclear radiation (Discovery Channel).
A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon, leading to a partial collapse in its western side. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was targeted at Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. In total, almost 3,000 people died in the attacks, including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four planes. It also was the deadliest incident for firefighters in the history of the United States. Suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaeda.
The second proof is the declaration of Dr. Norman about these special rocks. He said that they had discovered pieces of glass in the moon rock that were the result of meteorite impacts and volcanic activity over billions of years ago. Also he added that this kind of volcanic glass does not belong to the Earth because it can be destroyed immediately by water in the world in few million years; due to this explanation it is almost sure that the rocks came from the Moon. Finally, the third fact is given by Dr. David McKay, Chief Scientist for Planetary Science and Exploration at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). He has hundreds of documents about the origin of the Moon’s rocks brought by Apollo.
It is widely agreed that an asteroid, about 10 kilometers across, struck just off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula 65 years ago. According to scientists saying that dinosaur extinction came quickly, the impact must have spelled the violent end to the dinosaurs’ lives. Some scientists think the answers to whether dinosaurs lost their dominance quickly or gradually lie within the remnants of volcanoes. Massive beds of ancient lava found around the world depict an Earth 65 to 70 million years ago where volcanic eruptions were common. Other scientists say that the repositioning of the world’s landmasses was disastrous for dinosaurs.