NASA: How; What; Why”?
By Carter Sand
NASA spends about $22.5 billion each has been creating marvelous ways to get to space and continuing to learn from experiments con- to carry like supplies or people. The second and thanks to NASA. The ISS is an important part of ducted in the International Space Station. NASA third things are fuel and air. The rocket needs the this age of discovery that we live in. has been around for 62 years and they have hit NASA is always improving our knowledge many milestones. NASA also built an entire components are a place for the hot stuff to come about our planet and space travel. NASA made a laboratory in space with the help of space shut- out and a way to steer. All rockets have boosters great advancement when they created the space shut- tles. They have also been building and launch- at the bottom and most of the boosters can move tle program. NASA learned the pros and cons of reus- ing rockets. NASA is pretty awesome. in order to steer. Rockets weigh about 9 million able space vehicles and how to repair things in space. The Space Shuttle Program was a great pounds and most of them are taller than the stat- - way to launch American astronauts from Amer- ue of liberty. Rockets are the only way to get to ing high since 1926 and they are a key component in ican soil. The Space Shuttle is a spaceship that space. Without the power and force that a rocket space travel. The ISS is an amazing accomplishment lands like an airplane when it comes back to generates, people would not be able to leave the as well. NASA has truly accomplished the impossi- earth. Former astronaut Bob Crippen describes planet. Rockets are extremely simple yet import- ble. the shuttle as “one of the most marvelous vehi- ant. cles that has ever gone into space or done any- The International Space Station (ISS) is the Sources: thing.” NASA built 5 Space Shuttles that were most expensive and complex creation ever made. “A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROCKET LAUNCHES.” A Brief History of Rocket Launches, nattybumppo.github.io/rocket-launch-history/. The ISS is a giant laboratory in space that orbits Berger, Eric. “Air Force Budget Reveals How Much SpaceX Undercuts Launch Prices.” Ars Technica, 15 June 2017, arstechnica.com/science/2017/06/air- force-budget-reveals-how-much-spacex-undercuts-launch-prices/. cost about $100 billion. The station has had as- Boen, Brooke. “NASA’s Space Launch System: Meet the Rocket.” NASA, Endeavour debuted in 1992. A prototype, Enter- tronauts living in it since it has been around. It or- NASA, 23 Mar. 2015, www.nasa.gov/sls/multimedia/gallery/sls-infographic3. html. bits the Earth sixteen times a day at 17,500 miles Melina, Remy. “International Space Station: By the Numbers.” Space.com, per hour. Because it has people living on it 24/7, - to and from space. The Space Shuttle was about bers.html. NASA sends supply shipments up to the station Mosher, Dave. “How Much US Astronauts Can Earn Working for NASA and every few months with food, water, oxygen and Risking Their Lives to Explore Space.” Business Insider, Business Insider, pounds. The Space Shuttle had a large robotic 21 May 2020, www.businessinsider.com/nasa-astronaut-annual-salary-lim- other supplies. The ISS arm inside the cabin. Its sole purpose was to is used to make awe- some discoveries about them back to earth if they were not salvageable. our planet. The ISS This article was written by When the International Space Station (ISS) was helps people on Earth Carter Sand. He is a fresh- completed, the Space Shuttle was no longer learn more about micro- man at iLEAD Exploration needed. gravity and weightless- Rockets are the key to NASA’s space pro- ness. Many items we writing for the Leader. Carter gram. Rockets are quite simple, but they sure use in everyday life like enjoys playing soccer, base- cameras, light bulbs, and ball, and running track. shoes, were all created