Essays on Astronaut

Retroactive I is a silkscreen painting that Rauschenberg made in 1963. He used silkscreen and oil on a canvas to come up with this painting. This silkscreen work is considered the best of Rauschenberg's works of this nature. It falls within a series of similar paintings done by Rauschenberg between 1962 and 1964. This piece of art is drawn from the popular press and is, therefore, a representation of Pop art. Rauschenberg was keen in representing American iconography and Pop culture (Shanes, 175). He was, throughout his career, identified with Pop culture. He developed a style that emphasized on ...

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Apollo 11 made history as the first space craft to land at the moon with human beings on board. The astronauts on board included Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin who had fulfilled President John F. Kennedy’s national goal of pioneering a human mission to the moon. The mission of Apollo 11 included a scientific exploration of the lunar module. In this mission, the astronauts were required to deploy a television camera that could send signals from the moon to the earth. Other instruments that were installed on the moon include solar wind composition experiment, and Laser Ranging Retroreflector. ...

In simple terms, Gattaca, a 1997 movie, can be described as a sci-fi adventure that is combined with a crime narrative. The viewer is treated to a relentless action throughout the movie as the police engage in a search for a murder. As the story unfolds, the viewer’s attention is turned to a young lad known as Vincent, also named ‘Jerome’ by his workmates. Vincent is trying to overcome his biological challenges that he was born with in his quest to become an elite astronaut in a space program run by Gattaca Corporation. As the two stories unfold ...