Apollo program

The Moon Landing “10…9…8…7…6…5...4…3…2...1…0 All engines running and lift off,”(Armstrong) said by the announcer of the 1969 liftoff of APOLLO 11. In July of 1969, America sent the first humans to walk on the moon. Three Astronauts Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were on the mission named Apollo 11. The Saturn 5 rocket was the launch vehicle they used and it was and still is the most powerful machine ever made. It contained 8 million pounds of thrust and…

The Gemini Program was an early NASA human spaceflight program that helped NASA get ready for the Apollo moon landings. Because of the Geminis purpose it has been nicknamed “The Bridge to the Moon.” Ten crews flew missions on the two-man Gemini spacecraft. The Gemini missions were flown in 1965 and 1966. They flew between the Mercury and Apollo programs. All together there are 12 Gemini missions between April of 1965 and November of 1966. The Gemini program was managed by the Manned Spacecraft…

1960s, the United States’ NASA carried out the Apollo program, the third of its manned human spaceflight programs. The goal of the program was to achieve manned exploration of the Moon and retake the lead in the Space Race against the Soviets, who had beaten the US to the first satellite and human in space, and convince the American public of the superiority of the US’ technological capability. After three unmanned flights, mission AS-204 (named Apollo 1 by the crew, and officially changed after…

However, in July 1964, the Ranger 7 sent clear TV images of their impact on the Moon, as did also the Rangers 8 and 9. Of the 7 landings of the series "Surveyor" (1966-8), 5 were successful in sending data and photos. In November 1969, after the Apollo 12 landed at about 500 from the "Surveyor 3", astronauts retrieved its camera and brought it back to Earth.…

Kent Rominger is a former American astronaut and a former captain in the Navy. He was born and raised in Del Norte, Colorado. Kent Rominger, has been on 5 space missions, some of which include, STS-100, STS-80, and STS-73. His first spaceflight, was as the pilot of STS-73 which launched on October 20, 1995. The STS-73 was the second United States Microgravity Laboratory mission which focused on biotechnology, materials science, combustion science, and many other scientific experiments. He…

EDT engines fire and the Apollo 11 is launched into Earth’s orbit. After the Apollo 11 is given the “go”, they head towards the moon and three days later are in lunar orbit. A day after they enter the Moons orbit it’s time for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to start descending to the moon’s surface. At exactly…

first plane ride was when he was six. Neil loved planes and wanted to give flying a try. His dad took him to an airshow when he was a kid. After the airshow Neil wanted to be pilot. When Neil was old enough he took flight lessons. What started the apollo 11 mission. The USA wanted to do experiments on moon rocks. The reason we wanted to go the moon was to show the world we could something great and be remembered in history for what we did. The USA challenged Russia to a race to the moon. The…

dollars. The American flag planted on the Moon proved a capstone moment in the space race. This historic moment could not have been accomplished without the work of one man: Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun, former head of the Nazi missile program and member of the SS. A man indirectly responsible for the death of 9,000 civilians and military…

“We’ve grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we’ve only just begun. We’re still pioneers.” On January 28, 1986, President Ronald Reagan addressed the Nation’s fears and sorrows after the explosion of the NASA Space Shuttle, the Challenger. Almost a half-century ago, man began to look past the stars and into the cosmos and planets beyond Earth. The brilliant mind behind the curtain, Wernher von Braun, “The Father of Modern Rockets”, sparked the curiosity and imagination of…

It was used in the Apollo program and was used to launch to the Skylab Space Station. It was also the most powerful rocket to successfully be used. The Saturn V Rocket is a rocket with a point on the top and fins on the bottom just like the bottle rocket. Also, both rocket structures…