The Apollo Mission

I’ve always been intrigued by space exploration, so I decided to do my research on the Apollo missions. I think most people have heard about the Apollo missions because out of these missions is when Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon, and then shortly after is when Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. The goal of the Apollo missions was to safely land humans on the moon and then to get them back home. This was at a time when

was the fuel for the American space race. It was the birth of the Apollo space mission series, and man’s desire to reach the moon. In the year 2017, the takeaway from the several Apollo missions still resonate today. Being the last set of missions to set foot on the moon, the message for the people seemed clear: Hope. Throughout the entirety of the mission, many small flaws were the cause of major incidents. From the beginning, Apollo had a catastrophic start. Three of its original seven members were

For my research activity, I chose the Apollo Missions. The NASA space program is a topic that has always been interesting to me, so I took the time to look a little deeper into some of the facts outside of the more famous near disaster that occurred on Apollo 13. The Apollo missions were begun in the early 1960’s. Commissioned by President John F. Kennedy, the missions were meant to be an exploration of the lunar surface for research purposes, but the bigger underlying significance was the race

The topic I chose was the Apollo missions. Space exploration has always fascinated me. The Apollo missions were the first manned missions to the moon. There were a few different motivations in the purpose of these missions. A few of those purposes were to beat others to the moon, establish technology to advance other space interests, carry out exploration of the moon, and develop man’s ability to work in a lunar environment. All together there were 12 missions launched with 6 being successful in

Apollo 11 One single mission changed mankind forever, the Apollo 11 Mission. Apollo 11 was an unforgettable accomplishment for the United States and the entire globe. The historical achievement of landing successfully on the moon and leaving footprints, sparked a change in technology, knowledge, and society for the better. This achievement took place on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins successfully landed on the moon, creating history by taking the first steps on another

already centuries old when the second World War ended in 1945. The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Apollo 11 would be the mission to achieve the goal that President Kennedy had laid down, with more than five months to spare before the end-of-decade deadline. On July 19, after Apollo 11 had flown behind the moon out of contact with Earth, came the first lunar orbit insertion

The motivation behind the Apollo missions was the national goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth”. The first questions asked were about the funding of these missions, which were decided on by congress. Other questions that were considered and answered concerned the safety of the crew as well as engineering a spaceflight that contained everything necessary to make these missions successful. How were they going to get to the Moon? The Kennedy Space Center had to correct

The Apollo space missions of the 60’s and 70’s mark a time when space was the final frontier and the only destination world leaders had their view set upon. The cold war in full swing, each nation wanted to prove its dominance without total world destruction, was the single greatest driving force in the space race to the moon. But how do we invent, build, and use a set of technologies barely dreamed of by the most elite scientists? Rockets, computers, practical space suits, and a lunar lander/space

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

roar shatters the morning as the crew of Apollo 11 blast off toward the moon, riding the biggest rocket ever created. Burning 20 tons of explosive fuel a second, it propels Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins into history. The spacecraft lands four days later on the moon. Millions watched as men took the first steps on a strange place 238,900 miles away, or 9 and ½ times around the earth. After placing America’s flag among the lunar rocks, the Apollo 11 crew lit their engines and headed