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The Apollo Program “ Kennedy’s Challenge”

The Apollo Program “ Kennedy’s Challenge”. Hamilton Smith Ronald Bradford. The Apollo Program. It was initiated by U.S President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961. American manned lunar-space program designed to land an astronaut on the moon and return him safely to earth.

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The Apollo Program “ Kennedy’s Challenge”

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  1. The Apollo Program“Kennedy’s Challenge” Hamilton Smith Ronald Bradford

  2. The Apollo Program • Itwas initiated by U.S President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961. • American manned lunar-space program designed to land an astronaut on the moon and return him safely to earth. • Also intended to overtake the former Soviet Union in the space race.

  3. Apollo 1 • Friday, 27 January 1967 • Grissom, Chaffee, and White • problems immediately occurred • a strange odor in spacesuit loop • high oxygen flow indication • communication problems • “Fire in the cockpit” • all astronauts died

  4. Apollo 7 • First U.S threeman mission • Schirra, Eisele, and Cunningham • first flight of the Apollo space suits • first live national TV from space during manned space flight

  5. Apollo 8 • Lovell, Boreman, and Anders • first flight in Saturn V rocket • first humans to journey to the Earth’s moon • new world speed record of 24,200 mph • first TV coverage of the moons surface

  6. Apollo 9 • First test of LM in space • LM-Spider • first test of Portable Life Support System • McDivitt , Scott, and Schweickart • 10 days 1 hr. 53 sec.

  7. Apollo 10 • Stafford, Young, and Cernan • LM-Snoopy • CSM-Charlie Brown • First time an Apollo spacecraft orbited the moon • No landing was made on the moon’s surface

  8. Apollo 11 • Crew Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. • LM Eagle CSM Columbia. • Mission simply stated “Perform a manned lunar landing and return”. • First return of samples from another planetary body.

  9. The Apollo ProgramSummary • Met John F. Kennedy’s challenge within the decade of the 60’s. • Renewed Americans confidence in themselves following Korean War. • James Lovell said, “We now live in a world where man has walked on the moon.”

  10. Bibliography • World Wide Web: Author - Unknown. Title - Apollo http://www.planetarium.net/educonter/human/apollo.htm • World Wide Web: Author - Unknown. Title - Mission http://www.imagine5.com/apollo/missions.html • World Wide Web: Author - Unknown. Title - History http//www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo.html

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