The Astronauts And The Apollo Program
I have always been fascinated with astronauts and the space program. This is why I picked this topic to research. I remember hearing often about my mother’s cousin Don Lind, who was an astronaut and seeing his picture in the family album. I thought it was pretty cool to be related to someone who actually flew into space.
Project Apollo, or the Apollo Program was the human spaceflight program organized by the United States. (NASA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, endeavored to land the first human on the moon. The project ran from 1969-1972.[1]
What questions were asked? The entire Space program was built on questions. Questions like: Can we get a man into space? Can we land on the moon? And what
is out there? There were 16 Apollo missions, four of which were unmanned. Before the first Apollo flight could leave the ground, three astronauts were killed in a fire.[2] There were no Apollo 2 or 3.
Man actually landed on the moon July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins landed Apollo 11. Eleven of the Apollo missions were manned. Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last in December 1972. In six of these space flights, twelve men walked on the moon.”[3]
This research project by NASA that enabled 12 American astronauts to walk on the moon was a great discovery for man. The entire Apollo Program cost $2.4 billion dollars. It was considered a completed successful program with 16 successes and two failures and one partial failure. Apollo gave us a glimpse into the vastness of space and our galaxy. Each discovery built upon the previous knowledge gained and also created more questions to research anew.
The Apollo Program was just a stepping stone in space exploration. A beginning to build upon. Just like in the videos we’ve watched in this course, the discoveries in space are just beginning. But like all Science, it is never-ending. There are still more discoveries to be made and questions to be answered.
Project Apollo, or the Apollo Program was the human spaceflight program organized by the United States. (NASA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, endeavored to land the first human on the moon. The project ran from 1969-1972.[1]
What questions were asked? The entire Space program was built on questions. Questions like: Can we get a man into space? Can we land on the moon? And what
is out there? There were 16 Apollo missions, four of which were unmanned. Before the first Apollo flight could leave the ground, three astronauts were killed in a fire.[2] There were no Apollo 2 or 3.
Man actually landed on the moon July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins landed Apollo 11. Eleven of the Apollo missions were manned. Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last in December 1972. In six of these space flights, twelve men walked on the moon.”[3]
This research project by NASA that enabled 12 American astronauts to walk on the moon was a great discovery for man. The entire Apollo Program cost $2.4 billion dollars. It was considered a completed successful program with 16 successes and two failures and one partial failure. Apollo gave us a glimpse into the vastness of space and our galaxy. Each discovery built upon the previous knowledge gained and also created more questions to research anew.
The Apollo Program was just a stepping stone in space exploration. A beginning to build upon. Just like in the videos we’ve watched in this course, the discoveries in space are just beginning. But like all Science, it is never-ending. There are still more discoveries to be made and questions to be answered.