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From 1960 until sometime after 1969, Nkoloso's "space program" sought to accomplish the launching of a rocket that would send 17-year-old Matha Mwambwa and two cats to the Moon. There were also plans for a trip to Mars. [4] Nkoloso hoped to beat the United States and Soviet Union's respective space programs at the height of the Space Race. [3]
Living With a Star program logo. Living With a Star (LWS) is a NASA scientific program to study those aspects of the connected Sun-Earth system that directly affect life and society. LWS is a crosscutting initiative with goals and objectives relevant to NASA's Exploration Initiative, as well as to NASA's Strategic Enterprises.
The Complete Book of Outer Space is a 1953 collection of essays about space exploration edited by Jeffrey Logan. It first appeared as a magazine, published by Maco Magazine Corp. The first book publication was by Gnome Press in 1953 in an edition of 3,000 copies.
Euler diagram showing the types of bodies orbiting the Sun. The following is a list of Solar System objects by orbit, ordered by increasing distance from the Sun. Most named objects in this list have a diameter of 500 km or more. The Sun, a spectral class G2V main-sequence star; The inner Solar System and the terrestrial planets. 2021 PH27; Mercury
The authors also delve into the composition of the Sun's interior, discussing seismic waves and ongoing nuclear fusion processes. They describe valuable insights provided by solar eclipses and observations from space. Furthermore, the book explores the Sun's radiation and solar particles and their effects on Earth. The book features visually ...
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light and infrared radiation with 10% at ultraviolet energies.
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...
"President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond : UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu "President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond to Meet in Atlanta". Spaceref.com. 2004-03-10 "President Bush Announces New Vision for Space Exploration Program". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2004-01-14