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PROJECT APOLLO
By: Ericka Doke
HISTORY
• JOHN F. KENNEDY WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME WAS ENCOURAGING SPACE TRAVEL
• HIS GOAL WAS TO SEND ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON BY THE END OF THE DECADE
• THIS WAS ONLY THREE WEEKS AFTER ALAN SHEPARD WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE!
• WHAT A HUGE GOAL KENNEDY HAD FOR NASA
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
• ESTABLISHED TECHNOLOGY• HAVING AN ESTABLISHED
PROGRAM OF EXPLORING THE MOON
• CAPABILITY OF MAN IN A SPACE ENVIRONMENT
• TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND IN SPACE TECHNOLOGY
FIRST MISSIONS
• WERE UNMANNED• BASIC GOALS WERE TO TEST OUT
THE MODULES: COMMAND, LUNAR AND SERRIA
• THE SATURN V-ROCKET WAS ALSO TESTED OUT
APOLLO 1
• JANUARY 27, 1967• PROBLEMS OCCURRED• DURING THE ‘DRESS REHEARSAL’
VIRGIL GOSSOM (HMMM), EDWARD WHITE AND ROGER CHAFFEE WERE GETTING READY TO BE THE FIRST MEN IN THE APOLLO FLIGHT
• WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING THE TEST A FLASH FIRE STARTED AND THE CREW GOT TRAPPED
APOLLO 7
• FIRST MANNED MISSION• WALTER SCHIRRA, DONN EISELE
AND WALT CUNNINGHAM• WALTER SCHIRRA WAS THE
COMMANDER
APOLLO 7
• LAUNCHED ON OCTOBER 11, 1968
• HAD A PERFECT LAUNCH• “SHE’S RIDING LIKE A DREAM” –
WALTER SCHIRRA• 5 MINUTES AFTER THAT THEY
MADE THE FIRST ELLIPTICAL ORBIT AROUND EARTH
APOLLO 7
• ORBITED EARTH 163 TIMES• LASTED 10 DAYS AND 20 HOURS• GOAL WAS TO CHECK THE
SERVICE MODULE TO SET THE FUTURE LUNAR MISSION
PROBLEMS WITH APOLLO 7
• THE LUNAR MODULE ADAPTER PANELS DIDN’T DEPLOY ALL THE WAY
• NOISY FANS• SOME OF THE WINDOWS FOGGED
DUE TO IMPROPERLY CURED SEALANT• THE CHARGERS FOR THE BATTERIES
DID NOT FULLY CHARGE THEM• MANY OTHER LITTLE INCONVENIENT
PROBLEMS
APOLLO 8
• FRANK BORMAN, JAMES LOVELL JR. AND WILLIAM ANDERS
• FIRST MANNED ORBIT OF THE MOON• GOALS WERE TO MAKE SURE THE
CREW AND FACILITIES WERE OPERATING SMOOTHLY AND TAKE PICTURES OF THE ASSUMED APOLLO LANDING SITE
• LASTED 6 DAYS, AND 3 HOURS
APOLLO 10
• EUGENE CERNAN, JOHN YOUNG, AND THOMAS STAFFORD
• LAUNCHED ON MAY 18, 1969• GOALS WERE TO CHECK HOW
THINGS OPERATED IN THE LUNAR GRAVITATION FIELD
• LASTED 8 DAYS• SO CLOSE!
APOLLO 11
• NEIL ARMSTRONG (COMMANDER), EDWIN (BUZZ) ALDRIN, AND MICHAEL COLLINS
• LAUNCHED ON JULY 16, 1969• GOAL WAS TO PERFORM AN
MANNED LUNAR LANDING
APOLLO 11
• LANDED ON JULY 24, 1969 ON THE SEA OF TRAQUILITY
• “THE EAGLE HAS LANDED…”• BUZZ ALDRIN WAS ORIGINALLY
SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON
APOLLO 11
• BEFORE THEY DOCKED TO GET OUT, BUZZ WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULDN’T BE HIM, BUT NEIL WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE ON THE MOON
• WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO JUST HURT NEIL IF YOU WERE BUZZ?
• “ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.”- NEIL ARMSTRONG
• THEY HAD FINALLY EARNED A LEAD IN SPACE EXPLORATION
APOLLO 12
• CHARLES CONRAD JR., RICHARD GORDON JR., AND ALAN BEAN
• LAUNCHED ON NOVEMBER, 14, 1969• LANDED ON MOON (OCEAN OF
STORMS)• LASTED 10 DAYS AND 4 HOURS• DIDN’T HAVE ANY OBJECTIVES BUT
THEY DID TWO LUNAR WALKS AND BROUGHT PARTS OF THE SURVEYOR 3 BACK
APOLLO 13
• JAMES LOVELL JR., FRED HAISE JR., AND JOHN SWIGERT JR.
• ORIGINALLY KEN MATTINGLY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO BUT HE GOT THE MEASLES SO SWIGERT WENT INSTEAD
APOLLO 13
• “HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.”
• THE OXYGEN WAS BEING RELEASED INTO SPACE
• HAD TO LIVE IN THE LUNAR MODULE
• CONTINUED TO ORBIT THE MOON AND USE ITS PULL TO SHOOT THEM BACK TO EARTH
APOLLO 13
• OTHER PROBLEMS WERE CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER AND POWER.
• MATTINGLY HELPED START THE COMMAND MODULE
• GOT BACK SAFELY• “SUCCESSFUL FAILURE”
APOLLO 14
• ALAN SHEPARD JR., STUART ROSSA AND EDGAR MITCHELL
• LANDED ON FRA MAURO ON THE MOON
• STAYED ON THE MOON FOR ABOUT A DAY AND 10 HOURS.
• FIRST TIME MOON ROCKS WERE BROUGHT BACK
APOLLO 15
• DAVID SCOTT, JAMES IRWIN AND ALFRED WORDEN
• LAUNCHED ON JULY 26, 1971• LANDED ON AUGUST 7, 1971• HADLEY-APENNINE AREA NEAR
APENNINE MTS.• LASTED 12 DAYS AND 17 HOURS
APOLLO 16
• JOHN YOUNG, THOMAS MATTINGLY II AND CHARLES DUKE
• LAUNCHED ON APRIL 16, 1972• LANDED ON APRIL 27, 1972 ON
THE DESCARTES HIGHLANDS• COLLECTED LUNAR SAMPLES
APOLLO 17
• EUGENE CERNAN, RONALD EVANS, AND HARRISON SCHMITT
• LAUNCHED ON DECEMBER 7, 1972• LASTED 12 DAYS AND 13 HOURS• LANDED ON TAURUS-LITTROW
HIGHLANDS• OBJECTIVES WERE TO BE ABLE TO SEE
WHERE ROCKS THAT WERE YOUNGER AND OLDER THAN THE ONES ALREADY TAKEN BACK
WHAT DID/DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
• APOLLO-SOYUZ– AMERICANS AND SOVIETS UNITED– INTERNATIONAL SPACEFLIGHT AND RESCUE– FUTURE INTERNATIONAL CREWS
• SPACE SHUTTLE– REUSABLE BOOSTER AND ORBITER– CHALLENGER, DISCOVERY, ENDEAVOUR,
ATLANTIS AND COLUMBIA
• MARS?– NASA PLANS TO GO TO MARS, BUT ITS NOT
KNOWN WHEN THIS WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN
CITATIONS
• PICTURES– NASA - IMAGE OF THE THE DAY -
GALLERY. (N.D.). NASA - HOME. RETRIEVED MAY 29, 2011, FROM HTTP://WWW.NASA.GOV/MULTIMEDIA/IMAGEGALLERY/IOTD.HTML
• INFORMATION– NASA - APOLLO MISSIONS. (N.D.). NASA -
HOME. RETRIEVED MAY 29, 2011, FROM HTTP://WWW.NASA.GOV/MISSION_PAGES/APOLLO/MISSIONS/INDEX.HTML