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The Race to the Moon: 1961 - 1972

The Race to the Moon: 1961 - 1972. Neil Armstrong. October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union Launches Sputnik I. First man-made satellite to orbit the Earth. July 1958: Congress passes the “Space Act”, establishing NASA. NASA launches small satellites in The Vanguard and Explorer programs.

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The Race to the Moon: 1961 - 1972

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  1. The Race to the Moon:1961 - 1972 Neil Armstrong

  2. October 4, 1957:The Soviet Union Launches Sputnik I First man-made satellite to orbit the Earth

  3. July 1958: Congress passes the “Space Act”,establishing NASA NASA launches small satellites in The Vanguard and Explorer programs Dr. Werner von Braun And the Saturn 5 rocket

  4. April 12, 1961: Soviet Yuri Gagarrin orbits the Earth,becoming the first man to see that the Earth was indeed round

  5. Manned Spaceflight in the US • “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade • is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth. No • single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more • important in the long-range exploration of space; and non will be so difficult or • expensive to accomplish” • President John F. Kennedy • May 26, 1961

  6. Project Mercury: 1961 - 1963 • Goal: orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth • see: The Right Stuff, or read the book by Tom Wolfe Freedom 7 May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard is launced into space Duration of flight: 15 minutes Altitude: 116 miles Velocity 5134 mph Friendship 7 February 20, 1962 John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth Duration of the flight: 4 hours, 55 minutes Velocity: 17,544 mph Orbited 3 times The Mercury 7

  7. First woman in space June 1963: Russians send Vladimirovna Tereshkova into space, who orbits the Earth 48 times NASA picked 13 female astronauts, the Mercury 13, who passed the same tests as the all-male Mercury 7, but never flew in space The first American woman in space was Dr. Sally Ride, who went up in the Space Shuttle in 1983

  8. The Gemini Program (1963 – 1966) • 10 manned flights • Goals: • long duration flights and the effect of weightlessness • 2 man teams • Rendevous and docking with other space vehicles • First space walks First US Space Walk, in June 1965 by Edward White, Gemini IV

  9. The Apollo Program (1968 – 1972) • See movie: Apollo 13 • Missions • Earth Orbit Apollo 7, Apollo 9 • Lunar Orbit Apollo 8, 10 • Lunar Swing-by Apollo 13 • Lunar Landing • Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 See photos on http://images.jsc.nasa.gov

  10. The Eagle Lander on the way down from the Command Module, photo by Michael Collins

  11. July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong takes one small step, Followed by Buzz Aldrin:

  12. Photo taken on July 20, 1969 by Neil Armstrong: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, having just planted the American flag.

  13. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to a lunar boulder on Dec. 13, 1972 during Apollo 17

  14. The Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) as seen by the crew, photographed against the glare of the Sun, February 5, 1971

  15. Astronaut James Irwin uses a scoop to sample lunar soil. August 2, 1971, during Apollo 15

  16. The Moon trees Apollo 14 took up seeds which were later planted in various locations. One “moon tree” is on the UA campus, a sycamore planted on April 30, 1976 between the Kuiper Space Sciences Building and the Flandrau Planetarium see http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html

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