Robert Marino
October 24, 2010
I. Introduction and Thesis Apollo 11 departed from Cape Kennedy, Florida Complex-39 at 9:32a.m. on July 16, 1969. The Lunar Module named Eagle landed in the Sea Tranquility at 4:18 p.m. EDT. The mission was simple: put a man on the Moon and return. The mission was a great success and the command and service module Columbia returned back to Earth on July 24, 1969 at 12:50:35 p.m. Neil Alden Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the Lunar Surface and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin was the second, because of this mission we have a better understanding of the Moon. (NASA, n.d.).
II. Lunar Mission a) Perform a manned lunar mission and return safely to Earth. b) “During their stay on the Moon, the astronauts setup scientific experiments, took photographs and took lunar samples. (Greyzeck, 2010).”
III. Apollo 11 Discoveries a) Apollo 11 mission was full of scientific activities. b) “The astronauts carried out the planned sequence of activities that included deployment of a Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment, collection of a larger sample of lunar material, panoramic photographs of the region near the landing site and the lunar horizon, close up photographs of in place lunar surface material, deployment of a Laser-Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR) and a Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP), and collection of two core-tube samples of the lunar surface. (NASA.n.d.).” c) Lunar Dust Detector
IV. Apollo Mission Broadcast a) “Apollo 11 was recorded at three tracking stations on Earth in Goldstone, California, Honeysuckle Creek, and Parkes in Australia. (Leonard, 2010).”
V. Conclusion a) Apollo 11 was a major accomplishment is the history of space exploration for the United States.
Apollo 11 departed from Cape Kennedy, Florida Complex-39 at 9:32a.m. on July 16, 1969. The Lunar Module named Eagle landed in the