Apollo 11: The Most Significant Events In The Space Race

“One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” These were no longer the words of an American… they were of a mere human (The Apollo 11 Moon 18). The Apollo 11 moon landing has played an important role in today's society. It skyrocketed America's optimism in a time of agony and grief as well as boosting the nation’s level of technology within a small period of time (The Apollo 11 Moon 45-54). The landing also changed the view of the world which played into the beginning of the environmental movement (The Apollo 11 Moon 110-121). Overall, the landing of the Apollo 11 was a turning point in history that allotted for the improvement of international cooperation as well as the creation of many new ideas and technologies.

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” are words that astronaut, Neil Armstrong declared as people around the world attentively watched him take the first steps on the moon. That moment would be documented in history and talked about for years to come. The Apollo 11 mission had left many doubts to those watching the spectacle. Would Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin successfully set foot on the moon? Or was this launch a disaster waiting to happen? The following texts, In Event of Moon Disaster by President Nixon’s speechwriter, William Safire, and The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness by novelist, Ayn Rand, both express the possibility of a disaster as well as the relief and contentment for the men on

On July 20, 1969, humanity did itself proud in spite of all its wars, sadism, hatred, and insanity. We set foot on another planet. Men walked on the moon. This changed our belief in what we could accomplish.

The Apollo Program (1963-1972) was a series of missions with a goal to land humans on the moon. The program’s objective, set by President Kennedy in 1961, was achieved nine short years later (The Apollo Missions). Of the program, six were successful in doing so, Apollo 11 being the first to achieve that goal (Williams). The crew contained Neil Armstrong, Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr. , and Michael Collins.

Shepard Jr. is the first American man to be launched into space. He was in the Mercury space capsule in a 15 minute suborbital mission (meaning it reaches the atmosphere and falls back on Earth). John H. Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit Earth on February 20, 1962. After Project Mercury, Project Gemini started. Gemini 4's, Edward H. White Jr. conducted the first spacewalk (when an astronaut get’s out the space vehicle). Project Apollo began to be NASA’S priority in May 25, 1951. President John F. Kennedy announced the plan of launching a man in space to land on the Moon. He used this as a tool to subtly announce the US’s superiority of the Cold War enemies. It took 11 years to carry out. It took $25.4 billion dollars to achieve. This withstood challenges including lives of Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Edward H. White Jr. Jr. after a fire that took place in the Apollo capsule (January 27, 1967). October 1968 they launched different Apollo missions such as Apollo 7 (orbit earth) and Apollo 8 (orbit moon). July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong steps foot on the Moon after Apollo 11 landed with Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr. Michael Collins remained in the capsule. Apollo 13 almost launched however the oxygen tank exploded. Harrison H. Jack Schmitt was a geologist that was chosen to become an astronaut. NASA and the Soviet Union allied to make the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). It served testing purposes and the crew launched separately,

The mission Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. The crew members were Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin. Apollo 11 was launched to the Moon on July 16, 1969 and returned to Earth on July 24, 1969 in the Pacific Ocean. They landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. They collected soil and rock samples, and set up scientific experiments. This mission was one of the most significant events in the Space Race between United States and the Soviet Union. The success of the mission stand for the win for the United States in the Space Race. When the crew arrived home, their nation was waiting proud for them. They had won a “battle” in the Cold War. People all over the world still remember the 20th July as the

The Apollo 11 trip to the moon from July 16th to July 24th 1969 was truly one giant leap for mankind.As soon as Neil Armstrong successfully touched down on the moon it was a huge turning point in the Cold War. Winning the “Space Race” was a huge advance for the U.S.!

The subject that I chose to research is the Apollo missions. After reading 50 Years of Americans in Space I was amazed and the continuous path of discoveries and exploration. When NASA was just beginning it had a spaceflight program that’s goals were to simply be able to survive out in space. From there they continued to push the boundaries, to try harder and get farther and in 1969 they landed on the moon. Along the way so many questions were asked, theories were tested, and lives were risked and lost.

0n July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On board the space shuttle was Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Micheal Collins. They were inside the command service module named the Columbia. Underneath the CSM was the lunar module Eagle that was 23 feet tall. This is what would be used to land on the moon. It sat on top of the Saturn V rocket. It stood 364 feet high and had 91 separate engines. The rocket weighed 5.8 million pounds had 8,000,000 parts that moved and would create shock waves that made the ground shake. Michael Collins was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission. He had to use a sextant, star chart and telescope to plot the trip to the moon. After using the tools to chart a course he entered

WELL, let’s see now ... That was a small step for Neil Armstrong, a giant leap for mankind and a real knee in the groin for NASA.

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were the three people sent into space for the Apollo 11 space mission, the very first moon landing. With millions of people watching, a United States astronaut was televised, setting foot on the moon for the very first time. Some people thought that the moon landing was faked by the U.S.’s desire to beat the union in the Space Race. But facts made by these theories were mere speculation. The moon landing was the only hope for improvement for the future to others. Even through all the wreckage in the world, the Space Race, the Cold war, even the Vietnam war, we managed to get to the moon, which was

Under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy, they launched Apollo program and put the first man on the moon in 1961. Later, a Gemini program was also launched, under which the Americans learned how to change the orbit of a spacecraft and how the human body would be affected. Another significant development would be the launch of Apollo 11 spacecraft to the space on July 16, 1969, with crew astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins who moved to the Lunar module, called the Eagle, and began their descent to the Moon. With this fist step on the moon, Armstrong said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for

20% of the world are convinced that the Apollo 11 moon-landing in July 20, 1969 was faked. For the past several decades, a small group of NASA-watching sleuths has repeatedly tried to pawn off the incredulous idea that the Apollo Moon program really was an elaborate, $30 billion hoax filmed in a movie studio. This group believes the United States needed to cement its world leadership during the Cold War by pretending to pull off what really was a technologically impossible stunt (Villard, 2004). If actor Orson Welles was able to convince over one million Americans that martians were invading Earth, there’s no doubt the more-powerful government could persuade U.S. citizens and keep the entire moon landing hoax a secret.

Apollo 11 was a goal that was set by the president, John F. Kennedy, on May 25th, 1961. The goal was to travel through space, land on the moon and return back to Earth. The three astronauts to carry out this mission were Neil Armstrong (the commander), Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (the lunar module pilot), and Michael Collins (command module pilot). About 530 million people were watching this event on live TV. Richard Nixon (the president at the time) watched from the white house.

“Two mighty torches of flame like the wings of a yellow bird of fire flew over a field”(Mailer 305) as the ship slowly lifted up into the heavens. The ship, a true idiosyncrasy when it came to flying machines, lifted up, up as far as the eye could see. “Sainted Leviathan, ship of space, she was a planetary traveler,”(Mailer 251). This time, the ship, the Saturn V rocket, was carrying something special - the components and pilots of Apollo XI. Apollo XI is the kind of mission that goes down in the books as spectacular or enchanting. This mission, however, was going to go down in history for a different reason than most. It was going to be the first mission to ever put a man on the moon. It was going to land on the moon (Mailer 298).