Apollo program

trumpeted Gagarin's accomplishment. Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space less than a month later. The first cooperative human space flight project between the United States and the Soviet Union took place in 1975. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was designed to test the compatibility of rendezvous and docking systems for American and Soviet spacecraft and to open the way for future joint manned flights.…

Skylab was the first manned mission into space in 1973. The mission lasted a total of 28 days and provided us with more information about space that we had previously not known. This was known as the first Skylab launch, and consisted of a three man crew which included Charles C. Conrad Jr. (commander), Paul J. Weitz (pilot), and Joseph Kerwin (scientist). While up in space they were able to conduct experiments which in total they spent 392 hours on. They were able to accomplish a lot up in…

There has recently been a NASA spacecraft, called New Horizons, that flew to Pluto to do some studying. The spacecraft took off 9 ½ years ago from Cape Canaveral, Florida and its flight has spanned 3 billion miles. The spacecraft is operated from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. New Horizons has taken pictures of Pluto and has revealed a variety of landscapes. From soaring mountains to dunes to frozen ice. “Pluto is showing us a diversity of…

Scientists have been studying the moon, Enceladus, for a couple of months, so this is a newer subject. The topics I will be covering are Cassini, the icy crust, hydrothermal activity and depth, rotation of the moon, methane, and the moon’s atmosphere. There are also many scientific possibilities that lie in this moon, scientists believe that there is a possibility animals can live here. NASA is trying to create more space crafts to launch to other planets, to see if they are livable for…

rocket engines that provides it with the 7.5 million LBs The launch of Apollo 11 using the saturnV rocket Launched in Florida on July 16, 1969of thrust. The SaturnV’s main uses is to go to the moon and lower Earth orbit. The SaturnV has a tiny capsule that carries 3 astronauts on the mission to the moon, “Designed to fly three Apollo astronauts to the moon and back.” (Karl Tate) Many test fights were done before the Apollo used the rocket to go to the…

A year ago, maybe you have heard of the advertisement saying that if you will buy this certain product, you will have the chance to join other people in a one-way ticket journey to Mars. Thought it was a joke? Like a sci-fi scene from the movie Red Planet, but it was not. Mars One, a non-profit foundation led by a Dutch National and Entrepreneur planned to beat NASA in getting people to the Red Planet to establish a human settlement by 2027. With an estimated $6 billion for the first…

ready for the day they never forget. the 3 men have a job from nasa the president j.f.k want them to be the first men to walk on the moon Practice . Neil armstrong, buzz aldrin,and michael collins have been practicing for the day they never forget, apollo astronauts practice every second of their mission even planning the flag. many times inside, outside, in water,and in plans they were prepared contingency and trained for water planned landing or desert and jungle landings, neil armstrong even…

Frank Borman was an amazing astronaut most famous for being commander of the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. Borman was born in Gary, Indiana on March 14 1928. Although, he soon moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he now calls his hometown. Like me, he grew up being an only child. His passion for flying started when he was 15 years old. Before he was selected for NASA he did things such as being a flying instructor, experimental test pilot, and an assistant professor at West Point. In 1957, Frank got his…

Born on October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy, Michael Collins is sometimes known as a the “Forgotten Astronaut” of the Apollo 11 mission. As a child, he lived in Oklahoma, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Puerto Rico. Finally, he settled in to attend school in Washingtion D.C. He graduated from Saint Albans School in Washington D.C. and received his Bachelor of Science in 1952 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He worked for the US Air Force flying F-86 fighter jets…

During the 1960s to early 1970s, Project Apollo sought out to explore the moon. Apollo 11 achieved this goal when Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon and said, "That's one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind." Landing on the moon was a major milestone for “mankind,” but was not the only goal of Apollo. New spacecrafts were invented such as the command module, the service module, and the lunar module. Procedures for getting to the moon and exploring its surface were…