Apollo program

“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” -Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida piloted by crew members, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins. Their destination: Earth's moon, to collect samples and bring them back to Earth for testing. Apollo 11, the first moon landing, caused a technological revolution affecting the United States military, schools, and inventions. John F Kennedy initiated the United States…

The Apollo missions explored the moon and capabilities of mankind, they pushed the boundaries and tested the possibilities of human adventure and exploration. The Apollo Program was the third United States human flight program carried out by National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). The first moon landing was in 1969, led by president John F. Kennedy. He said, "Landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" was a national priority. His inspiring speech started the…

interesting study. I chose to research the topic of “Space Exploration: Apollo missions” for this project. I think that it is a significant area of science to explore because there is so much that we do not know. There are probably so many things that we have never imagined that we can learn by studying space further and exploring all of the Lord’s beautiful creations. Through the urging of President John F. Kennedy, the Apollo Missions were developed by NASA to explore the moon and study…

environment and the hazards of human exploration. Soon after President John F. Kennedy assumed office in January of 1961, the space race was undoubtedly underway, and the United State’s primary focus was landing a man on the moon--hence, the Apollo Program. These Apollo Missions are significant in that America received technical credibility and hasted the end of the Cold War in our favor. Also, Carole Stott, a long-time astronomer…

about the Apollo Missions. This just seemed very interesting, and so I thought, why not learn more about them? I learned that when the Apollo Missions started it really was about a race between American scientists and officials and the Soviet Union. Russia was on the brink of sending people into space. As far as I understand it, American officials didn’t want America to seem weak and helpless in the face of new technology and discovery. So they formulated NASA and the Apollo space program where…

leap for mankind.” The Apollo 11 mission was the fifth spaceflight to carry men into space, and the third to orbit around the moon. But it became famous as the first one to land a man on the moon. Suddenly, that unknown and distant body seemed a whole lot closer to the Earth. After they landed, Armstrong and Aldrin started to collect soil and rock samples, tested their ability to walk on the moon’s surface, and took photographs. Finally, they left an American flag, an Apollo 11 mission…

Although the Soviet Union did beat the U.S. into space that was not going to stop us. In May 5, 1961 John F. Kennedy embarrassed by this defeat launched a new program that would beat the Soviet Union in this “space race”. He planned to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. In 1969 the day had finally come that America’s space program…

Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Aldrin boarded a Lunar Modular Spacecraft and began the Apollo 11 mission. The astronauts launched from Cape Kennedy ready to take the challenge John F. Kennedy had issued before for America to land on the moon and return to earth. This mission was noted as the first mission that took man to the moon. Apollo 11 was the first planned landing on the moon and the last time for this specific flight of a “free- return” trajectory. The…

Flight Director for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has supervised many Manned and Unmanned space missions launched by the United States of America(USA). He was involved with the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions. He was the flight director for the Apollo 11 mission as well, that successfully landed the lunar module ‘Eagle’ on the surface of the moon July 20 1969. In his Autobiography titled “Failure is not an option”, published by Simon and Schuster in 2000, Kranz…

first person to walk in space on 18 March 1965. David Scott on the other hand was an astronaut in the Apollo 9, Gemini 8 and Apollo 15 respectively. Both the authors were exposed to different environments growing up, but both of them ended up in their respective…