Daniel 11

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…

Long time ago space exploration was only a dream, people saw this as something impossible and far away from reality, but that dream became true. After many failures and mistakes humans were able to travel to space, as it is described by The Aerospace Corporation (n.d.) “Russian Lt. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth in Vostok 1. His flight lasted 108 minutes, and Gagarin reached an altitude of 327 kilometers.” This first trip opened people eyes and make them believe that there…

World renowned astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins hopped aboard the space shuttle Apollo 11. These three men perused their dreams of becoming the first humans to go to the moon. The United States took a drastic move forward in their expedition to get to space, becoming the first country to successfully land on the moon. In doing so, they set…

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, land to collect samples and information and safely return back to earth. It played a major factor in not only the scientific aspect of it, but it also…

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…

Moonport Film When attempting to complete a goal you have to start somewhere, that somewhere could be good or it could be bad. Have you ever wondered how NASA or our American Space Program began? Where did it start? How did it get to where it is today? and, How did it effect the economy and the people along the way? The journey of NASA, had an impact on many people, cultures, and economy’s. The film a Moonport Film explains all of this and more including, hw the location of the space program…

Virgil Grissom was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, He later was an astronaut for NASA. He was one of the first to be chosen by NASA for the mercury missions. Virgil Grissom was the second American in space during his first flight assignment piloting Liberty Bell 7 on July 21, 1961. The second mercury flight was a suborbital flight that lasted 15 minutes and 37 seconds. Then once landed the explosive bolts on the door unexpectedly blew open and the spacecraft flooded. Grissom…

week endurance run. He served as the commander on this mission(Howell). Haise served as the Lunar Module Pilot. He was actually a rookie when he signed on for the Apollo 13 mission. However, Haise served as the backup pilot for the Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 missions, making him one of the more experienced men on the mission (Howell). Mattingly, was supposed to be the Command Module Pilot. However, back up pilot Charles Duke exposed the team to the German measles (NASA). Mattingly had never been…

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik into orbit. From that point on, the United States and the USSR were thrown into a race to see who could get further into space and develop the technology to do so. This became known as the Space Race. In response, to the Sputnik satellite the United States launched Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958 just four months after the Soviets. Soon, both the Soviets and the Americans were launching larger spacecrafts, with animals and…

looking up to the skies, wondering what is out there in the universe, and thinking about the glory of the moon and stars. During the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union, huge advancements in outer space technology were made, including the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. In 1958, the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, put America ahead in the space race against the Soviet Union, and set a worldwide standard for space exploration. The Cold War consisted…