space program a close tie to all manner of nefarious activities. This essay will seek to discuss these four narratives and how they have interrelated over the 50 years of the Space age.Launius, R. DKansas Univ.Launius, Roger D. "American Spaceflight History's Master Narrative...
The early development of the American space program took place during the backdrop of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and featured ever more complex and far-reaching spacecraft. A joint U.S. Army and U.S. Navy initiative called Project Orbiter launched in 1954, with the goal of ...
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first female astronaut Jerrie Cobb and the Mercury 13, a unique case in the history of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA). She also presents an analysis of the cultural factors behind NASA's policy to exclude women from spaceflight....
This article is a review of NASA's "Emerging Space: The Evolving Landscape of 21st Century American Spaceflight" report. It explores the history of American spaceflight, explains NASA's current activity, and discusses how NASA sees its future. It cri...
Now, it was time for Gemini Six to make its mark in history. Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford were the astronauts. Schirra had been the pilot on an almost perfect Mercury flight three years before. Stafford was from the second group of American astronauts. ...
John Glenn was a NASA astronaut who, in 1962, made history by becoming the first American to orbit Earth. He was one of the "Mercury 7," NASA's first astronaut class. Glenn was a vital part of the U.S. space program, and his orbit around the planet was an important equalizing step...
The project consists of a mid-density residential building with a modular steel structure, intended as a starting point for similar initiatives in response to what is now considered one of the most catastrophic events in Chile's recent history. As stated by Alejandro Aravena and the city's ...
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people ...
"I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride -- humility in the wake of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride in the reflection that this forum of legislative debate represents human liberty in the purest form yet devi...