X-15 Hypersonic Plane

The biggest event of his lifetime is being the first person to land on the moon. This was a high point in space exploration and helped put the United States ahead of the Soviet Union during the cold war, according to the article, How did Neil Armstrong change the world?. This also is an important time because more than a billion people saw him land and give his famous “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” speech, says the article Neil Armstrong by A+E Networks. Both of these events were the biggest that has ever happened to

Apollo was NASA’s three-man space capsule which was unveiled in 1960. It was a dream and the goal of our country in 1961 Pres. Kennedy announced he wanted a man sent to the moon. Plus the Soviet Union was well into the space race after becoming the first in sending a man into space. The United States wanted to hold the title in becoming the first in the world to successfully send a man to the moon. Unfortunately in 1967 tragedy struck the Apollo program when Apollo 1 had a fire during a launch test killing all three crewmembers this tragedy had set the program back until NASA was able to correct the problem. Apollo spacecraft 7-10 were all “dress rehearsal” missions leading up to the Apollo 11 mission In July 1969 when Neil Armstrong stepped

Neil Armstrong was born on August 5 1930 in Wapakoneta Ohio. He was the eldest of three children. By the age of six Armstrong was already intrigued by airplanes, and he went on to take his first ride in one 10 years later when he got his pilot license. He was very serious about being a pilot, as he built a wind tunnel (a tunnel through which air is forced at controlled speeds to study the effects of its flow) in his basement in order to test model planes that he had created out. He started with flying lessons at the age of fourteen. But young Armstrong wasn 't only fascinated by airplanes at this age, he was also interested in outer space, a curiosity fueled by his neighbor and friend who possessed a powerful telescope. Using this Armstrong was able to see the stars and the moons, and dream of one day going up into space, a dream that would later be achieved.

In paragraph 436 of the text, Neil says “Apollo astronauts landed on the moon, where wings are completely useless, in a lunar module named after a bird. A mere sixty-five years, seven months, three days, five hours, and forty-three minutes after Orville left the ground.” Also, in paragraph 436, where Neil says “The launch of Voyager 2, which ballistically toured the solar system’s outer planets. During flybys, the spacecraft slingshot trajectories stole a little but of Jupiter and Saturn’s orbital energy to enable its rapid exit from the solar system.” This also proves that the human race never gave up on their hopes and dreams of flying, and were eventually able to launch people into space. Some might say that Uncle Marcos’s aeroplane he made was well above the technology at the time, but in To Fly, it shows just how far technology has gone in the past few decades. In conclusion, the increase in technology over the past hundred years has powered humans into space, one of the many dreams of the human population.

For the longest time I’ve had a fascination with Alaska so I’ll have to say it started there many years ago. My dream to go to Alaska came true when I received an enlisted assignment to Eielson AFB in 2008. It was at Eielson I decided to apply for a commissioning program and since I was in no way ready to leave Alaska just yet I decided to stay and go to UAA regardless of the fact I could have applied to any school in the nation.

As he grew, so did his passion to fly planes. During high school, Daniel often traded chores for airplane rides with pilots. When he graduated

James McDivitt and Ed White where the two astronauts part of the a Gemini. Ed White was the first American to walk in space. White was born on Noverber 14, 1930, in San Antonio, Texas. White went to school at United

“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” (Goddard). Robert Goddard was an inventor that lived during the Great Depression. He invented and launched the first liquid fueled rocket. (Dunbar) Here is a little about his life and career.

The aviation pioneer I picked is Charles Lindbergh. I chose Lindbergh because he was the first pilot to make a solo transatlantic flight. By doing this, he made aviation history and furthered aviation significantly. He first started as a barnstormer, then later he enlisted in the Army and finish flight school as the top pilot in his class. On May 10-11 of 1927 he was testing his aircraft, The Spirit of St. Louis, by flying from San Diego to New York, with one stop at St. Louis. It took him about 20 hours and 21 minutes to cross the country, where he broke the transcontinental record. On May 20 1927 He took off from an airport near New York City named Roosevelt Field and landed at Le Bourget Field, an airfield near Paris. It took him 33 hours and 30 minutes. (http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/)

Amelia Earhart made history when she flew the Atlantic Ocean solo. She took off in Newfoundland in good weather, but somewhere alone the way the weather was terrible in the middle of the flight. She had to take a rest break in Ireland because of 12 hour mechanical problems. When Amelia reached London the total flight hours was 15. She also flew to Hawaii solo. In 1930-1935 she broke seven different world records by speed and distance. Amelia was determined to fly around.

According to Wikipedia, Frank Borman (born Frank F. Borman II) was in the Air Force before becoming a space pilot. My grandpa was in the air force too. They both earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroic acts in a plane. Frank was the commander of the Apollo 8 mission and was also in Gemini 7. He was the first person to fly around the moon. Borman earned the Space Medal of Honor in October, 1978 along with Neil Armstrong. After retiring from NASA, he became the CEO of Eastern Air Lines. In 1972, he had to find a plane that crashed in a swamp and later rescued many passengers from the sinking aircraft. In 1990, Frank Borman was inducted to the National Aerospace Hall of Fame. Frank was in a documentary called Race to the Moon made by

The bomber aircraft advanced in having many more styles of bomber planes such as: heavy, very heavy, and medium multi-engine bombers, and single-engine Navy scout bombers. The Boeing B-17 and the Consolidated B-24. The two types of planes were best remembered as the aircrafts that carried out the US strategic bombing offensive against Germany. Another one of the US bombing offensive against Germany was the high-altitude environment on the airmen. The B-17 and B-24 were pressurized or heated. The temperatures ranged from -30F to -50F at altitudes of 25,000 feet and above, which led to the making of a pressurized and heated suit. All bombers that flew at high altitude had to wear one to fly.

He had always dedicated his life to being a test pilot, and an engineer. Then in 1962 Neil transferred to astronaut status after being an administrator for NACA. He was also assigned command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16,1966. Armstrong was the most indicated person to put in charge of a shuttle. He had master degrees on various things. A Bachlors for science in the university of purdue, and Southern California university.Neil had won many different type of medals for being the first human to set foot on the moon and one of the was Presidential Medal of Freedom, and he was decorated by 17 countries.

John T. Daniels captured this image of Orville and Wilbur Wright making history, flying the very first plane 120 feet. This image portrays a very clear distinction between positive and negative space. Although it is in black and white, it does not lack features. The Wright brothers and their plane are the clear feature to this image. They are surrounded by boundless, bare, open negative space. Orville is hunkered down on the lower wing of the plane as Wilbur watches his brother take flight in shock. This is truly a “one of a kind” image that captures a moment that changed our society forever.

Armstrong helped in developing a rocket plane called the X-15. The X-15 had a G limit, helped accelerate plains beyond the gravity five times the force on Earth (Byers, 2004). This acceleration could lead to disorientation, dizziness, blackouts, or loss of control of the X-15 (Byers, 2004). Armstrong would be the first to test the X-15, unfortunately he lost control of the plan and did not have the controls to steer the plane back to Earth’s atmosphere (Byers, 2004). Lucky he was able to stay calm and land the aircraft safely, many people would have panicked and lost complete