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    moon before the 1960’s.The apollo program was the program that did it all.The creation of NASA with the Apollo program and its missions had the biggest affect on the space exploration, and it changed space exploration and how we think about space. Nasa started in the 1959 and is still going today played a big effect on the 1960’s and the understanding of space exploration. To start of with, “Congress passed

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    Apollo Mission Essay

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    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

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    Apollo 13 Facts

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    Work Cited Howel, Elizabeth. "Apollo 13: Facts About NASA's Near-Disaster." Space.com. 23 Aug. 2012. Web. 11 Nov. 2014. http://www.space.com/17250-apollo-13-facts.html This brief article is about Apollo 13 the spacecraft. Today space stands as demonstration of NASA. Also saving live on the fly. People working in space is dangerousness of the crew was sick. The NASA doctor removed mission commander. Then the whole crew tested flight before they became astronauts. Then the article

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    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

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    Apollo 17 Research Paper

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    Apollo 17 was a very interesting lunar mission, and the goal of the mission was to conduct a geological survey of the moon. The mission also had several other purposes such as conducting scientific experiments. The reason why it landed in the Taurus-littrow highlands is because it was a place on the moon that had not yet been explored yet. Scientists were hoping to get some interesting new rock samples. The mission took place on December 7, 1972. There is a lot of history behind the apollo 17 technology

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    deserve a holiday are the Apollo 11 mission control and team, Apollo 11 was the space mission in which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon. Apollo 11 forever shaped the space program and held NASA together for the remaining Apollo missions and the mars missions. This is shown through multiple articles describing the effect of the Apollo missions, especially Apollo 11 on the understanding of space and the realization that there really is more to space. Apollo 11 affected relations with

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    Space Race

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    On July 2th, 1969 with only 25 seconds of fuel left, the first manned mission to the moon landed safely inside a 300-meter wide crater. From Tranquility Base came the first transmission from the lunar surface that the American craft known as the “Eagle” had landed. While the return trip would be just as dangerous as the 8-days travelled to the moon, the main objective was completed, and the world knew that American now led the space race. (Phys.org) In 1957 the Soviet’s surprised the world with

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    Jfk Space Exploration

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    Space Exploration: Apollo missions By Kenneth Hanks FDSCI 101 41 fall 2015 10/30/2015 What was the motivation that led to the discovery? The Apollo program was conceived during the Eisenhower administration in 1960. Up until this time the US space program had only supported one astronaut in flight. The Apollo program would carry 3 astronauts. The motivation was to be able to orbit 3 instead of 2 or 1. At the beginning of the research and design into Apollo, the trips to the moon were not anticipated

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    Moon Landing Dbq

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    On May 25, 1961 President John F. Kennedy paved the way for the world’s first lunar landing when he announced the US’s ambitious goal to place an American on the moon before the end of the decade. This historic announcement was fueled by desires to beat the Soviet Union, and show the United State’s dominance, the need for a uniting cause among the American people, and a desire to lead the world in the scientific field. I am sure many questions were asked including, how will we do this, do

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    Apollo 13 Failure

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    Although everything went fine and there was no problem on the previous Apollo 11 mission which was the greatest moment in history, the Apollo 13 mission suffered almost catastrophic problems on their way to the moon. The Apollo 13 mission could have nearly ended with the death of the three pilots on the shuttle. With all the ingenuity that they had they had to use to get back to Earth, they could have winded up lost out in space. This event became one of the world's most broadcasted events because

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