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PROJECT APOLLO

By: Ericka Doke

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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

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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

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FIRST MISSIONS

• WERE UNMANNED• BASIC GOALS WERE TO TEST OUT

THE MODULES: COMMAND, LUNAR AND SERRIA

• THE SATURN V-ROCKET WAS ALSO TESTED OUT

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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

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APOLLO 7

• FIRST MANNED MISSION• WALTER SCHIRRA, DONN EISELE

AND WALT CUNNINGHAM• WALTER SCHIRRA WAS THE

COMMANDER

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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APOLLO 11

• NEIL ARMSTRONG (COMMANDER), EDWIN (BUZZ) ALDRIN, AND MICHAEL COLLINS

• LAUNCHED ON JULY 16, 1969• GOAL WAS TO PERFORM AN

MANNED LUNAR LANDING

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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APOLLO 13

• OTHER PROBLEMS WERE CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER AND POWER.

• MATTINGLY HELPED START THE COMMAND MODULE

• GOT BACK SAFELY• “SUCCESSFUL FAILURE”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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