Project Apollo

Apollo

Mission of Apollo

• To establish the technology to meet other national interests in space

• To achieve preeminence in space for the United States

• To carry out a program of scientific ex- ploration of the Moon

• To develop man's capability to work in the lunar environment

Apollo Stack

• Command Module - crews’ quarters and flight control

• Service Module - propulsion and spacecraft support systems

• Lunar Module - lunar landing, support, and ascent

• Saturn V 3-stage rocket

Command and Service Module

Command & Service Module

Lunar Module & Lunar Rover

Saturn V

Grissom, White, and Chaffee

Apollo Summary

• The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.

• Six of the missions -- Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 -- achieved this goal.

• Lunar surface experiments included soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismic, heat flow, lunar ranging, magnetic fields and solar wind experiments.

• Apollo 17 included the first professional scientist (Geologist), Harrison Schmitt

Apollo Moon Landings

• Six of the missions -- Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 -- achieved this goal. Lunar surface experiments included soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismic, heat flow, lunar ranging, magnetic fields and solar wind experiments.

Apollo Summary

Earth Orbit Apollo 7Apollo 9

Lunar Orbit Apollo 8 Apollo 10

LunarSwingby Apollo 13

LunarLanding Apollo 11Apollo 12Apollo 14Apollo 15Apollo 16Apollo 17

Skylab

• America's first experimental space station. Designed for long duration mission

• Program objectives were twofold: To prove that humans could live and work in space for extended periods, and to expand our knowledge of solar astronomy

• Three three-man crews occupied the Skylab workshop for a total of 171 days, 13 hours. It was the site of nearly 300 scientific and technical experiments

Skylab

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Apollo-Soyuz was the first international manned spaceflight. It was designed to:

• test the compatibility of rendezvous and docking systems for American and Soviet spacecraft

• to open the way for international space rescue as well as future joint manned flights

Apollo Budget

• After the last lunar landing, total funding for the Apollo program was about $19,408,134,000. The budget allocation was 34 percent of the NASA budget.