Chapter 11

conspiracies out there, but I think this conspiracy is the most interesting. There's been a lot of debate, saying the Apollo, 11 didn't land on the moon. But there are also a lot of debate, saying that the Apollo 11 did land on the moon.which side do you choose. was it fake? Or was it real? I Think the Apollo 11 did land on the moon. There are many reasons, saying the Apollo 11 didn't land on the moon. but in this situation you might want to look at the hard evidence. I understand why people…

Do you know who Neil Armstrong is? Or what he did? And if you do why should we care? Neil Armstrong was the first man too walk on the moon and the pilot too land on the moon. This all happened in 1996 July 20 he was not the first man in space however but that doesn’t matter right now. Why should you care about him? It’s a good chance that you weren't alive or were too young too remember when he landed. He opened up a whole new world too explore and thanks too him we beat russia too the moon.…

By now, you've probably read part one and part two in our series of 30 shocking facts about NASA, and today we're here with part three! You might think you know everything about one of the world's most advanced space research facilities, but you have no idea. Number Fifteen: Stanley Kubrick. Famed filmmaker Stanley Kubrick was filming Barry Lyndon when he decided to use special lenses commissioned by NASA. The special lenses were designed for the Apollo moon landings, but Kubrick used them to…

presence of an unknown light source. Another representative light source must have been present to make him visible in photo. Once again, the Mythbusters debunking team’s replica allowed them to take an exact photo with exact cameras used by the Apollo 11 team. This photo, which was nearly identical to the original NASA released, was recreated with ease. Jamie Hyneman further explains that Armstrong was visible because of ambient light being reflected off of the Moon’s surface. The moon’s…

Have you ever thought about what happens at NASA, or how it came to be what it is today? Many intelligent people helped in the creation of NASA. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is the one who allowed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) to be possible though. Eisenhower does this by signing the NASA Act on July 29th, 1958. After World War II NASA’s first administrator, T. Keith Glennan had been appointed by Eisenhower. Now, space technology was improving and on the rise of…

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…

“Thirteen Days” is a movie portraying the story of President Kennedy’s (and everyone who works for and with him) struggle, of the long, agonizing 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962. Overall, I thought it was a really good movie. It showed the struggle and all of the worries that everyone had to overcome during this chaotic time. The main issue of this movie was that the Soviet Union had missiles down in Cuba and the United States was worried they could attack. The movie…

1969. Apollo 11 was the first space flight to land humans on the moon. The aircraft carried three people, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. The objective of the mission was to land on the moon and then return to earth. This spaceflight was seeking exploration and that is exactly what America did. There were many complications involved to landing on the moon, but that did not stop the desire to explore. Although many artifacts can be found from exploration,…

was suppose to be the third mission to land on the moon. The crew on the spacecraft consisted of Fred W. Haise, Jr., lunar Module Pilot, John J. Swigert, Jr., command module pilot, and James A. Lovell, Jr., commander. Launched at 2:13 p.m. on April 11, 1970 from the launched from complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 13 mission was planned to launched and land on the moon and return back to Earth. Unfortunately, after about 56 hours into their flight, an oxygen tank crippled due to…

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 and…