Space + Art

Humanity has always been curios about what goes on beyond the clouds. For this reason, it is no surprise that there have been many hit TV shows, sitcoms, and movies relating to space. People are still curious about aliens, meteors, and more that goes on outside of Earth.

America may not have been the first nation to get someone to space, but we had out victory when Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon and return to Earth safely. The primary objective of the mission, Apollo 11, was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important...and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish..."
http://www.space.com/15519-neil-armstrong-man-moon.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html#.Upw1t8TqySo

Despite there being footage of his landing and terrain samples, for some it is still hard to believe that this historic event ever occurred. Some believe that it was a carefully designed hoax, filmed in a studio.

The International Space Station serves as a stepping stone for going further into the solar system.The ISS provides images of astronauts, their stations, planets, stars, and more to the public. Aboard the ISS, there is a seven window module called the Cupola. The photographs captured at the ISS are extremely breathtaking and I think it is amazing that we are able to see the unreachable.
 http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/11/05/241607243/the-view-from-the-largest-window-in-space
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/#.Upw3-cTqySo

The CubeSat Project is an international collaboration of over 40 universities, high schools, and private firms. The initial goal was to enable graduate students to be able to design, build, test and operate a spacecraft with capabilities similar to that of Sputnik. Their mission is to develop picosatellites containing scientific, private, and government payloads. CubeSats is cost-effective and developers benefit from sharing information within the CubeSats community. 

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/november/nasa-helps-launch-student-built-satellites-as-part-of-cubesat-launch-initiative/

Images:

Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. <http://i.space.com/images/i/000/031/137/i02/gravity-movie-poster-closeup.jpg?1374687221>.

Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. <https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvNajQnRvlw6DseH8pTIlQG_XCGhhUgMFlBsYjZXepR_SdfQIqyg>.

Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. <http://i.imgur.com/QQAxN.jpg>.

Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Exterior_of_Cupola_-_Exp28.jpg>

Works Cited:

"Apollo 11". NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013.

Buck, Joshua. "NASA Helps Launch Student-Built Satellites as Part of CubeSat Launch Initiative." NASA. NASA, 20 Nov. 2013. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.

"International Space Station." NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013.

"Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013.

Rizzo, Meredith. "The View From The Largest Window In Space." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.