Apollo 11

The Apollo 11 mission may have been one of the most groundbreaking movements to the world. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin,and Michael Collins were propelled into space with the intent to land on the moon and return home safely. The men successfully landed on the…

behavior. The famous Italian scientist Galileo made the first scientific study of the moon with a simple telescope in 1609. In 1959, the former Soviet Union launched Luna 2, the first spacecraft to reach the moon. In 1969, the U.S. astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission became the first people to set foot on the moon. The astronauts collected bits of rock and soil, took photographs, set up experiments, and explored the area nearby. In January 1998, the U.S. probe Lunar Prospector found evidence of…

program. One of the programs that I think contributed the most are the Apollo programs which are also known as project Apollo. It was in fact not the first program to attempt human spaceflight by NASA but the third and accomplished many goals between the 1960’s and 1970’s. There is one Apollo mission though that really catches my eye and makes me believe that this is the mission that made the most contribution, and that is Apollo 11. This mission’s goal was to safely send man to the moon,…

morale and rebuild the American image, so he audaciously committed the United States to the lunar mission of getting a man on the moon by 1970. Even though President Kennedy was assassinated and did not get to witness the event, the mission of the Apollo 11 attained his dream. The Saturn V spacecraft took off from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, with the three man team of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin Jr. The mission had one main goal, which was to perform a…

history. They also observe that true history is not made up of the noted people but from the unknown masses. During the years between 1960s and 1970s society experienced great loss and pride. The Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination, and the Apollo 11 Moon landing accurately depict the 1960s as and age of loss and gain. In the 1960s, NASA landed the first man on the moon. Before Americans could successfully travel to space NASA had to build a functioning rocket and find…

The 1969 Apollo mission was spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. Neil Armstrong was the first to step on the moon. Which was a success for United States and its nation. The first is a new article from the Times of London reporting the event; the next is a speech by William Safire that president Nixon would have gave if the mission was a failure; the third is a commentary on the launching by novelist Ayn Rand; the last is a political…

from these articles. President John F. Kennedy proposed the United States accelerate its space program. His goal was to have a successful lunar landing. Sadly John F. Kennedy died before the moon landing. Therefore JFK did achieve his dream of the Apollo…

may be coincidental with its accuracy and released nearly one year before the actual moon landing. However, there are clues hidden in movies Kubrick produced after the event of the decade (Foxx). In the Shining the young boy in one scene wears an Apollo 11 sweater and the mysterious room is has the room number of 237- the moon 's 238,000 miles from the earth (Foxx). Any person the number would not understand a correlation, but to a conspiracy theorist the number has great meaning. If 238,000 is…

Was the moon landing real or fake? On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 supposedly blasted off and landed two men on the moon. Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. The first theory was that the moon landing was real. According to expert, Tom Kemnitz, Armstrong reported that they landed on the moon from the rocket ship sent into space. Armstrong says, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed” from the moon to NASA this supports that the…

Celebration, dancing in the streets as the Apollo 11 mission was successful. Confetti, American flags amongst other things lined the streets of New York as the Tickertape parade was processed down the streets, with the astronauts leading the way. Rolling past Wall Street, the Empire State building…