National Astronauts: The Apollo 11 Mission

In 1969, the Apollo 11 launch happened and became something rightfully important to the United States. It was the talk of every news stations and newspapers. These two men, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had risked their lives to do something the whole world had not done before. They became the first men to walk the moon and this became something historical. After walking the moon, they placed the American flag on it too, and to this day it is still there.

Apollo 13 was to be the third mission sent from the Apollo Project to land on the Moon. An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks caused the spacecraft to become crippled during the flight and the crew were forced to orbit the Moon and return to the Earth without landing. The Apollo 13 mission was launched on Saturday afternoon, April 11, 1970 from launch complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The space prime crew consisted of trained experts Commander James A. Lovell Jr., Command module pilot Ken Mattingly and Lunar module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr. There was also three backup crew members named John W. Young, John L. Swigert Jr. and Charles M. Duke. This crew was ready to step in if for any reason something were to happen to any of the main

“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.

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1. The purpose of the article Man Takes Fist Steps on the Moon by The Times is to announce to the audience the greatest moment of time, which is the moment when Neil Armstrong became the first man to take a walk on the moon’s surface. The interaction that the speaker, audience, and subject develop affects the text in a way that it accomplishes the purpose The Times had, and it also makes the text more interesting.

The 1960's brought cultural transformation through outbreaks of violence and contention. The "Love and Peace" slogan led to a bloody fear of "War and Hate." It was an era of protest and revolt. The decade began with the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., escalated with the viciousness of Vietnam, and ended with the suspicion of Watergate. And somewhere in the terror of freedom, we saw two Americans walk on the moon. It was while staring at that crystalline sphere hovering above us that we pondered the scope of our opportunity. On that warm summer night it was a miracle of technology, a step into a new world, a celebrated triumph. We engaged in a political race to the moon against the Communists with a democratic

The Space Race was between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). The race to space began in 1955. Apollo 11 successfully put the first man on the Moon. The end of the Space Race was in 1975. The Space Race is considered very important because it would show which nation had the best science, technology, and economic system.

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.

At the beginning of the 1960s, many Americans believed they were standing at the dawn of a golden age. On January 20, 1961, the handsome and charismatic John F. Kennedy became President of the United States, influencing events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Apollo 11 space mission. Following JFK in his achievements, MLK helped African-Americans gain civil rights by leading nonviolent protests, such as the 1963 March on Washington. New technology, such as the ATM and ARPAnet, seemed new and improved to the public positively, changing their lives. Many people also liked to design and wear new clothing and styles, such as art-type clothing and pop music-inspired clothing. This decade was a time of prosperity. One historian at history.com, remarking on JFK’s confidence, stated, “the government possessed big answers to big problems”; that seemed to set a tone for the rest of the decade.

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

At first I wasn’t sure if she meant for me to hear that but before I could stop myself I heard my own voice. “I know.” Honestly, I hated her too and I didn’t know what I was thinking when I decided to come with her. I guess I just thought she needed protection. That’s a brother’s job right? To protect his little sister. I don’t know how else to explain it.

I chose to research the Apollo mission. NASA didn't want just to go to the moon and come back. They had goals that would help others through this mission. Nasa wanted to establish technology to meet other national interests in space. They wanted to know more about the space and not just about the moon. Through these missions NASA has learned more than all the missions done in the past.Another goal that NASA had was to achieve preeminence in space for the United States. The United States set a standard for space exploration. Another goal was to carry out a program of scientific exploration of the Moon. It means that they are doing this program to learn more about the Moon and about what there is on it. I am so glad to study what NASA has done

The Apollo space program was arguably one of the most important missions in the entire history of mankind. This program represented the hopes of one nation and the fears of another. The middle of the 20th century the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a battle to see who could get to the moon first known as the space race. This race was intensified by the cold war that was going on between the two countries at the time as well. The Apollo program first began in 1961 because of the Soviet Union and very quickly became the backbone for the space program (CSN website). President Kennedy wanted the program to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade, as he wanted America to beat the Russians to it. This however, was an extreme

The first human being walked on the moon in 1969. This momentous achievement refueled humankind’s drive to explore. The next achievable planetary body, in this sense, is Mars. Due to its similarity in composition to Earth - far more so than the gaseous planets - and its comparatively short distance, Mars is the logical next step in human space exploration. Mankind should look to colonizing Mars to further its body of knowledge; promote the growth and development of science and technology here on Earth, using this development to vastly improve the lives of all; and preserve its spot in the universe. Our capability to do this is advanced, yet insufficient, and colonies in Mars are not safely possible anytime soon. The technologies for the