Apollo Program

Apollo ProgramBy:Courtney McGrath

Program to get man to the moon.What is it?

why did we want to reach the moon?Compete with the Soviet UnionSpace Race

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Apollo 1Planned - February 21, 1967 Test -January 27, 1967Ed White, Gus Grissom, Roger ChaffeeAll died after 18 sec.

Apollo 2July 21, 1966obtain flight information under orbital conditions.

Apollo 3August 25, 1966evaluate: spacecraft separations, detection systems, heat shield, etc.

Apollo 4-November 9, 1967-Unmanned-first Saturn V launch

Apollo 5January 22, 1968Throttle back rocket engineFire in the Hole

Apollo 6April 4, 1968Last unmanned test flightA lot of malfunctions

Apollo 7October 11, 1968163 orbitsDemonstrate meeting capability of the space craft

Apollo 8First human space lift to leave Earth.First to be capture in another gravitational pull.

Apollo 9March 3rd, 1969Tested landing aspects for the moon.3rd manned ship

Apollo 10Dry run for Apollo 11Practice moon landings without doing it.

Apollo 11first American space ship to land on the moon!*July 20, 1969Neil Armstrong-first to walk on moon!

Apollo 12~2 stayed on moon, one continued to orbit.~examined the terrain.

Surveyor 3

Apollo 13planned to land on the moonoxygen tank blew updid not land

Apollo 14

January 31, 1971 launch dateCommander Alan Shepard hit golf ballsLanded on Fra MauroApollo 15Lunar Roving VehicleHadley/Apennine Region

Apollo 16First on highlandsUltraviolet camera

Apollo 17!Last trip that sent man to the moon!-->Harrison SchmittGreatest distance with LRV