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| - Could the moon really be made of happiness? If not, what is it made of? What is located on the moon and is there really a little man up there? Is there a such thing as aliens? Our attempt to answer all of these questions would be exploration. We do this with the Apollo Program. The purpose of the Apollo program was not only to send American astronauts to the moon and have them return home safely, but it was also to establish the technology to meet other national interests that we have in space. In addition, it was also to achieve outstanding information and experience in space, to carry out a program of scientific exploration of our moon, and to develop man's capability to
- Formally initiated by President John F. Kennedy, the Apollo Project was a division of NASA dedicated to conducting next generation technological research for high school varsity football teams and Tang commercials. While the project's most visible achievement was its work on manned space flight, which ultimately culminated in the first moon landing, there were many more dimensions to the research conducted by the Apollo Project, though many were conducted in secrecy. Among the most historically significant inventions to come out of Apollo's secret projects were the superlaser destruction beam, a method of traveling between alternate dimensions, and velcro.
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| - Formally initiated by President John F. Kennedy, the Apollo Project was a division of NASA dedicated to conducting next generation technological research for high school varsity football teams and Tang commercials. While the project's most visible achievement was its work on manned space flight, which ultimately culminated in the first moon landing, there were many more dimensions to the research conducted by the Apollo Project, though many were conducted in secrecy. Among the most historically significant inventions to come out of Apollo's secret projects were the superlaser destruction beam, a method of traveling between alternate dimensions, and velcro. The project advanced American technology immensely during the dark days of the Cold War, which were the most momentous in American history since the Founding Fathers walked the earth as the world's mightiest heroes. In the aftermath of the Manhattan Project's success, the world became a dangerous place and America's new heroes needed to demonstrate to the enemy that American technology was superior. Thus, even more than the scientific advances of Apollo, the project's real significance may have been in demonstrating American technical superiority. Or not, really, since without those technological advances the world would have been devoured whole in 1973.
- Could the moon really be made of happiness? If not, what is it made of? What is located on the moon and is there really a little man up there? Is there a such thing as aliens? Our attempt to answer all of these questions would be exploration. We do this with the Apollo Program. The purpose of the Apollo program was not only to send American astronauts to the moon and have them return home safely, but it was also to establish the technology to meet other national interests that we have in space. In addition, it was also to achieve outstanding information and experience in space, to carry out a program of scientific exploration of our moon, and to develop man's capability to There have been many attempts to land on the moon. However, not all attempts have been good. For example, on January 27, 1967, three astronauts by the name of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were performing a launch-pad test for the first mission to the moon when a flash fire occured, killing all three men. Nevertheless, this event was still named Apollo 1 in memory of the men. In addition to this failed mission, Apollo 13 never landed on the moon. During its flight, one of the oxygen tanks exploded. This messed up the spacecraft during the flight. The crew was forced to orbit the moon and return to the Earth without ever actually landing. However, they did get photographs. As mentioned before, landing on the moon was not the only purpose of the Apollo Program. Gathering useful information was also another reason the Apollo Project was started. Many missions succeeded at doing this, including missions 8 and 10. Both missions tested many different components while they were orbiting the moon. They also returned with photographs of the lunar surface. Apollo 8 was the first mission to actually take humans to and from the moon. In addition, the first pictures taken by humans of the Earth from deep space were taken on Apollo 8. Also, the first live TV coverage of lunar surface was taken during this time. As for Apollo 10, this was a complete staging of the upcoming Apollo 11 mission. This mission never actually landed on the moon. However, it was the second to orbit the moon and was the closest approach to the moon before Apollo 11. Apollo 7 and 9 were only Earth orbiting missions, therefore they did not gather any lunar information. Now, all of this negativity is no reason to let your hopes and dreams get crushed. Although there were a number of failures within the Apollo Program, there were also quite a few successes. Like Neil Armstrong once said, "That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind." These successful missions include Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to actually LAND on the moon. It was on this mission (July 20, 1969 to be exact) that the famous Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to step on another planetary body. The astronauts from this mission returned the first samples to Earth. Performing a manned lunar landing and returning safely to Earth paved the way for the Apollo lunar landing missions that followed. The second manned mission to land upon the moon was Apollo 12. It was planned and executed as a precise landing. The astronauts landed the Lunar Module within walking distance of the Surveyor III spacecraft, which landed on the moon in April 1967. Astronauts examined the effects of long-term exposure to the moon’s environment. Apollo 14 landed in the Fra Mauro region, which was the intended landing site of Apollo 13. Astronauts also collected samples and took photographs. Fun fact- here is when commander Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the moon. The first flight of the LRV (lunor roving vehicle) was during Apollo 15, the fourth mission to land men on the moon. During the sixth mission, Apollo 16, samples were collected, photographs were taken, and experiments that included the first use of an ultraviolet camera/spectrograph on the moon were conducted. This mission landed in a highlands area, which was not yet explored on the moon. The last Apollo mission to land on the moon was Apollo 17. On this mission was the only trained geologist to walk on the moon's surface: pilot Harrison Schmitt. Astronauts returned to the greatest amount of rock and soil samples on this mission. Eugene Cernan, the commander, still holds the disinction of being the last man to walk on the moon. No humans have visited the moon since December 14, 1972. Wait just one minute. Did you know there was an Apollo 18? Well, yes there is. The final chapter in the Apollo series of space flights was the ASTP (The Apollo Soyuz Test Project). The intention was to bring together and dock Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft in Earth orbit. Conceived as a joint venture with the Soviet Union in the early 1970s, it was intended to test the compatibility of the docking mechanisms and environmental systems of the two spacecraft and pave the way for future co-operation and joint missions between the USA and the USSR.
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