The Hubble Telescope

The Hubble telescope was carried into space by a space shuttle in April 1990. The Hubble telescope is named after the astronomer, Edwin Hubble. The Hubble is one of the largest telescopes ever made, therefore it is very usefull to scientists. They were originally going to launch it in 1983, but at that time there was the Challenger disaster, technical delays and a budget problem so they posponed it.

The Hubble orbits around the earth and can take extremely sharp photos of other planets and astroids. The Hubble has led scientists to many breakthroughs over the years and hopefully will continue to. The telescope is suposed to work until at least 2014. The Hubble telescope has broken trail for the scientists of the world and is an amazing piece of technology.

Master Yoda

Yoda was one of the most powerful jedi ever known. Yoda was known for mastering the force and also for his wisdom. He was also amazing with a lightsaber. Even though he was small he could take on all the dark lords of the sith. Master Yoda had also trained most of the jedi in the galaxy.

When Darth Sidious took over the empire and overcame the jedi, Yoda moved to an planet with no life on it other than animals. He is were Luke Skywalker was told to go, and Yoda trained Luke in the jedi arts. Luke was sitting beside Yoda when he died. Yoda lived to be nine hundred years old. Later Luke created a new jedi order and deafeated the dark lords.

Sputnik

Sputnik was the first satellite to orbit the earth. It was launched into space on October 4 1957. Sputnik was in a series of satellites known as the Sputnik Program. Sputnik was very helpful in space. It helped identify the upper atmospheric layers density. It also gave data on a radio signal in the ionosphere. It was also the first to detect meteoroids.

Sputnik traveled at 29,000 km an hour. It took 96.2 minutes to complete an orbit of the earth. The signals it gave continued for twenty two days, and then the batteries died. In totall, Sputnick travelled sixty million kilometers, spending three months in space.

Laika The Dog

Laika was the first dog to go into space. She was the first animal to orbit the earth. She made the way for humans fliying in space. She was also the first animal to die in space. Her death was intended. Russian scientists gave Laika a poisoned serving of food. This was a mistreatment to animals.

Laika was put into a satellite on Oct 31 1957. Laika had a totall makeover and grooming before she took off into space. While being launched into space Laikas heart beat went from 103-240 beats a minute. To bad for her.

Jupiters Red Spot

Jupiters red spot is a storm that has been continually going. So far the storm has lasted for around four hundred years. The winds inside the storm can reach speeds up to 270mph. That spot alone is at least three times the size of the earth. This storm in the biggest most violent storm known in the universe. The gases on Jupiter cause swirls that always seem to be changing.

Telescopes on earth can identify the storm. That is how big it is! No one knows how long the spot will last or if the storm will ever die down. The red spot has decreased with time making it posibly less violent. No one knows what causes the spot to be red, although there are a lot of theories.

Aristotle

Aristotle was born on 384BC and died on 322BC. He lived about 61-62 years. He was born in Stageira, Chalcidice. His fathers name was Nicomachus. He was the personal physician to king Amyntas of Macedon. Aristotle was educated and trained as a member of the aristocracy. When he was eighteen, Aristotle went to Athens to continue his education at a place called Platos Academy. After Platos, Aristotle went to Asia, married a woman by the name of Hermias . They had a daughter who they named Pythias. Hermias died eventually. A few years after this tradgety Aristotle started to tutor Alexander the Great.

Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in western philosophy. Aristotles writings contain the earliest known straight forward study of logic, witch was made of in the late nineteenth century to our nowadays formal logic. Some people say that a lot of Aristotles writings have been lost. Now only about 1/3 of the original writings have survived.

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