The Apollo 13 exploration objective was to land in the Fra Mauro Area of the moon‚ but a sudden oxygen tank explosion prevented the spacecraft from landing‚ and facilitated changes to be made to the space program. To make interstellar travel believable NASA was created. The Apollo program was the idea that man could travel‚ walk upon‚ and see the moon. Apollo 13‚ the third human lunar landing and exploration mission‚ had been tentatively scheduled in July 1969 for launch
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math in order to get people in space and in the 1950’s she was the only black female aeronautical engineer. Who remembers the Apollo missions? Mary Jackson calculated the trajectory for the Apollo missions‚ she helped get Apollo 11 into space and she also helped save Apollo 13. Mary Jackson also calculated the trajectory for the mercury project. She later received the Apollo group achievement
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The First Lunar Landing The first lunar landing ever to happen in the history of mankind may be one of the most inspiring events of all time. America and its people went through tremendous amounts of stress dealing with the rivalry between Americans and the Soviet Union on who would be the first to put a man on the moon. The men and women that contributed to making this idea‚ or even a fantasy come to life will be remembered for hundreds‚ or even thousands of years. On July 20th‚ 1969‚ the
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Lunar eclipse [pic] [pic] The June 2011 total eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the Sun‚ Earth‚ and Moon are aligned (in "syzygy") exactly‚ or very closely so‚ with the Earth in the middle. Hence‚ a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a full moon. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon’s location relative to its orbital nodes. Unlike a solar eclipse‚ which can only be viewed from
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Apollo 13 was planned as a Type H mission; Apollo 13 was the third mission to land on the moon. The spacecraft lifted off on April 11‚ 1970. The three crew members were Commander James A. Lovell‚ Command Module Pilot John L. Swigert‚ and Lunar Module Pilot Fred W. Haise. Unfortunately‚ two days later the oxygen tank exploded which force them to terminate lunar landing. According to NASA‚ Apollo 13 seem to be the smoothest flight till the first 55 hours and 46 minutes‚ nine minutes after the TV broadcast
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other things‚ not because they are easy‚ but because they are hard.”- John F. Kennedy. The Apollo missions had one main goal‚ to land on the moon and get back to earth safely. Apollo was the third space flight program after Project Gemini and Project Mercury‚ flown by NASA (National Astronautics and Space Administration). The program started in 1967 and was able to land humans on the moon by 1972. The Apollo missions had important effects on technologies and the nation as a result of Kennedy’s dream
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Apollo 11 From countdown to splashdown‚ Apollo 11 ’s mission was filled with some surprising twists and turns. It took a combination of luck‚ determination and guts for the crew of Michael Collins‚ Buzz Aldrin‚ and Neil Armstrong to get the Eagle to the surface of the moon with only 30 seconds of fuel remaining! Experience the moments leading up to the lunar landing with me. On the morning of July 16‚ 1969 a 60-ton Saturn 5 rocket was given a thorough inspection on launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy
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Unresolved‚ by: Rada Chantrasakaowong The Apollo Hoax. Since we were young‚ we have heard about the Apollo moon landing‚ but is that true? First of all‚ what is NASA? The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation’s civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. One of NASA program was “Apollo”. The Apollo program was the spaceflight effort carried out by the United States’ National
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Apollo (Attic‚ Ionic‚ and Homeric Greek: Ἀπόλλων‚ Apollōn (gen.: Ἀπόλλωνος); Doric: Ἀπέλλων‚ Apellōn; Arcadocypriot: Ἀπείλων‚ Apeilōn; Aeolic: Ἄπλουν‚ Aploun; Latin: Apollō) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless‚ athletic youth)‚ Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun‚ truth and prophecy‚ healing‚ plague‚ music‚ poetry‚ and more. Apollo is
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Strike in Space Case Study Executive Summary This case centers on the original 3 Skylab missions that began in 1973 following a successful series of Apollo missions starting in the 1960’s. NASA viewed the Skylab missions as logical successors of the Apollo missions and each of the Skylab missions picked up where the prior one left off. The primary focus of the missions was to determine if humans could in fact live comfortably for extended periods of time in weightless conditions and prior to
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