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THE SHELBY DAVIS UNITED WORLD PROGRAM.(UWC IMPACT CHALLENGE AND DARE TO DREAM PROGRAM)

The Davis United World College Scholars Program awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 94 select partner universities in the United States. The Program is the largest international scholarship program for undergraduates in the world, and the Davis family’s contributions to the United […]

Paolo Nespoli: a 60 years old man in space

Paolo Angelo Nespoli was born in Milan on the 6th of April 1957. He grew up in Verano Brianza, a small town near Milan and in 1977 he graduated in “Paolo Frisi” high school in Desio. From 1977 to 1980 he frequented the military skydiving school in Pisa where he got qualified as skydiving sub-officer […]

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Will Blueberry be the first human on Mars?

Have you ever heard about Alyssa Carson? Yes…No…Maybe? Well, whatever were your answers in this article I’m going to tell you her fantastic story. Alyssa is a normal 16 years old girl living in Louisiana, she hangs out with her friends, go to the movies, play soccer, does ballet and Girl Scout. As her father […]

EXOMARS 2016-2018

Description The mission is divided into two parts. In the first phase, programmed for March 2016, a probe (TGO) stayed in Mars orbit to discover if there’s methane and other gases (possible signs of active life) which are in the atmosphere, meanwhile a module (EDM) called Schiaparelli, which contains a meteorological station (Dreams), landed on […]

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Spacecrafts

Spaceships (also called spacecrafts) are vehicles designed to fly outer space. They are used for a variety of purposes like communications, earth observations, meteorology, navigation, planetary explorations, space colonization and transportation of humans and cargo. There are five principles steps to follow in order to obtain a spacecraft. The first step is to determine the […]

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Ozone Layer Deplation

First of all, what is Ozone layer? Ozone layer is a natural sunscreen that protects us from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet radiation. This sunscreen contains three oxygen atoms. It is constantly being formed and broken down in the stratosphere (that is the atmosphere layer above the troposphere). The destruction of ozone layer is caused by […]

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WELCOME TO SAAS: JOIN ME IN THIS JOURNEY

Hi everyone, welcome to Science And Aerospace website. My name is Celine, I’m 15 year old and I am the owner of SAAS. In this website I’ll post articles about science, aeronautics, space and more, some of them will be not just in English but also in Italian (when I can). I’ll post articles once […]