I remember sitting in my 7th grade science class watching a videos of the most recent space launches: the “Atlantis,” “Endeavour,” “Discovery,” and “Columbia.” I was especially inspired seeing the female astronauts involved in these missions and wanted to become an astronaut someday. My life did not take me into space exploration, but I’ve continued to be intrigued by it. So I was excited to learn more about the Apollo missions with this assignment.
The Apollo programs initiated much of our country’s scientific exploration in space, more specifically the Moon. Beginning in 1967 with Apollo 1, which was unfortunately lost to fire during testing, the Apollo missions sought to physically explore what was only observable up until then. Scientists were motivated by their curiosity of what …show more content…
Apollo 7 achieved live transmissions from space via television and helped demonstrate that the equipment and techniques used were capable of future lunar mission. Apollos 8, 9, and 10 followed within a year with generally the same objectives, although more specific each time. The historic first landing on the moon of Apollo 11 in July 1969 successfully collected samples to learn more about lunar geology, among other experiments. A second lunar landing was achieved by Apollo 12, its primary objectives being to inspect, survey, and obtain more samples as well as “further develop human capability to work in the lunar environment and to obtain photographs of candidate exploration sites” [1]. 1970’s Apollo 13 was expected to accomplish the third lunar landing and further Apollo 12’s objectives. But due to an unexpected
The Apollo programs initiated much of our country’s scientific exploration in space, more specifically the Moon. Beginning in 1967 with Apollo 1, which was unfortunately lost to fire during testing, the Apollo missions sought to physically explore what was only observable up until then. Scientists were motivated by their curiosity of what …show more content…
Apollo 7 achieved live transmissions from space via television and helped demonstrate that the equipment and techniques used were capable of future lunar mission. Apollos 8, 9, and 10 followed within a year with generally the same objectives, although more specific each time. The historic first landing on the moon of Apollo 11 in July 1969 successfully collected samples to learn more about lunar geology, among other experiments. A second lunar landing was achieved by Apollo 12, its primary objectives being to inspect, survey, and obtain more samples as well as “further develop human capability to work in the lunar environment and to obtain photographs of candidate exploration sites” [1]. 1970’s Apollo 13 was expected to accomplish the third lunar landing and further Apollo 12’s objectives. But due to an unexpected