The Future and History of Space Travel
From the moment that mankind even considered the possibilities of space and it's whereabouts, people began to wonder how the future would be like. Would there be people living in space? Would it be possible to reach the moon? The thought of space travel was exciting to people. It had never before been done and the time was right. The Soviet Union was in a race against time with the United States to successfully land a man on the moon.
The United States was fortunate enough to send 3 courageous men up in space before the Soviet Union could. These 3 men, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, were not only representing the Unites States, but they were representing all of mankind. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped foot onto the moon, marking the first time in history that a man was sent in space successfully. Armstrong and Aldrin bagged about 50 pounds in earth weight of the loose surface material and selected rocks on the moon. These were stored in small beta cloth bags and sealed and then packed in two large containers (Apollo 11 Mission Report).
These moon rocks that the astronauts collected were taken back to Earth for study. They revealed tons of information about the moon and how old it actually is. Moon rocks collected by Apollo astronauts from that 1st moon landing contain evidence that the moon's interior is bone dry, contrary to some more recent reports, say researchers. The conclusion is based on a new
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The Apollo 11 Moon landing mission and its success bro...
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...s unlike any other in history. It was a technological space revolution. We as people achieved something remarkable and unforgettable. The Apollo 11 Moon landing mission laid the foundation for the future of space travel. Without the success of that mission, we may not have advanced this far with our knowledge of space. The future is bright for the human race.
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If we can successfully put a man on the moon and robots on other planets, then anything is possible. To think that the success of that Apollo 11 mission would enhance space travel and knowledge to the extent it has is remarkable. When Neil Armstrong took his first step on the Moon, he said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." He was right. The Apollo 11 mission will never be forgotten, because it brought us as people to unimaginable heights and wonders.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," said by Neil Armstrong as he took his first steps on the moon during the NASA Apollo 11 expedition to the moon. No man has ever been to the moon before and NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was the first to get someone to land on the moon. NASA has had many great accomplishments in exploring the "new frontier" that have affected the United States ever since it was first created in July 1958. The idea for NASA first started when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite on October 4, 1957. United States started up its own space travel program and started to work on its own projects that would be better in than the Soviet Union's. This all started the great space race. It was a big race between the Soviet Union and the United States to see who could learn and discover the most. The United States and Soviet Union started building and sending satellites and space ships. Then they tried to see who could make a suit and ship that would be able to allow a living thing to go up in space. They tested out all of the equipment with monkeys and dogs, seeing what would work. Many animals did die in the process but by the results of their testing they were able to build suits and ships that allow human beings to go up in space. Even though they were able to create these machines, that doesn't mean that they didn't have their difficulties and dangers. Two space shuttles were crashed or blown up. There were many key factors that they had learned to fix that resulted in the crashing of those ships. They have made many discoveries and accomplishments like having the first astronauts walk on the moon.
Apollo 11 was such a huge historical turning point because, it not only affected the United States, but it affected the entire world. It was one of the first mass worldwide event, and an estimated 600 million people watched. Apollo 11 caused the world to think more about space and all
On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong planted the first human footprints in the lunar soil. The United States had accomplished their goal in sending men to the moon. They managed to not only send them 238,857 mi. (384,403 km) into space to our neighbor celestial body, but also send them back with a successful flight to our mother earth. This seems like a difficult task for a country that was behind Russia in space exploration at the time.
[REVISE] The success of Apollo 11 which included the historic presence of the first humans on the moon signified the greatest extent of human intellectual advancement. Various circumstances were undertaken throughout the effort in success that established the United States’ superiority in terms of scientific and military progress.
They collected almost 90 pounds soil and rocks. The rocks and soil samples they bring back from the moon was scheduled for almost 187 to go for further study in the United State as well as other countries. During the lunar activities on the moon, especially science activities managed by the pilot Stuart Roosa. He had some difficult experienced while he was taking some photographs in the Descartes places. His difficulties was with the “high resolution photo, camera setting, motion that help to landing site to plan for Apollo 16”. After all the experiments finished, they were set to lift off from the moon’s surface. It was almost on schedule while taking too off the from the moon. On February 9th Module Kitty Hawk marked down very safely to the earth about at 4;05 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean. The duration after they launch was exactly 9 days and 2 minutes. They landed about 1.02 miles away from the targeted point and 765 miles away from the Samoa, and just 4 miles from the ship. The total mission duration was from the liftoff to marked down about 216 hours, 2 minutes. It was a great mission for the United State and will leaded more mission to be succeeded like Apollo
The goal of Apollo 11 was stated very simply. Perform manned lunar landing and return mission safely. Simply stated, but almost impossible to achieve, it was the mission NASA had been preparing for almost a decade, and nobody was trying to pretend this was just another launch.
Astronauts Neil Alden Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins worked for many years with NASA to be the first men to make it to the moon and back. After completio...
Many people believe that in 1969, the US was the first country to send a man to the moon. NASA was the organization that supposedly sent a man to the moon. The US was in a race against the Soviet Union. They were in a race because they each were trying to prove that one country was better than the other. The competition they were in was the race of who could be the first country to ever put a man on the moon. John F. Kennedy started the moon program. In one of his speeches he proposed that the US would be the first country to put a man on the moon.
The Space Race improved our knowledge of space. When the United States successfully launched their first satellite, Explorer 1, on January 1, 1958, it carried a small payload that informed us on the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth (Garber). This gave us a small and raw amount of information but it gave us information to study. This also helped motivate us and our curiosity of space to get us to strive further and find more info. When the race started in 1957 following the successful launch of Sputnik, the US wanted to be a part of it and wanted to be better and wanted to prove it. With the launch of Explorer 1, they were able to prove that it was better than Sputnik because Explorer 1 actually provided us with information, whereas Sputnik just made a constant, meaningless beeping sound as it orbited our Earth. This h...
The Apollo missions. What exactly was their purpose? At the time, It seemed more of an "I got there first!" than anything. The United States was deeply entrenched in the Cold War, along with the soviets and whoever else wanted to take sides, and the space race was just another one of their battlegrounds in an ever-expanding battlefield of ideals or was it? Maybe something truly was achieved when Neal Armstrong's voice echoed from our static filled televisions: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Maybe we won more than just bragging rights that day.
Apollo Missions’ 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 – these were all the successful missions that saw the crew landing into the moon and returned with valuable information, i.e. soil, lunar ranging, solar with experiments, etc.
Neil Armstrong looked at it not only as a great triumph for America, but also for the human race when he said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" on his first step on the moon (Dunbar). On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave a speech about what he called "urgent national needs" at a stadium at Rice University in Houston, Texas (“NASA Moon Landing”). In that speech, he challenged America to "commit itself to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth by the end of the decade"(Schlager and Lauer). This became known as Kennedy's challenge and the idea was to outperform the Soviets. While the Soviets were off to a better start with the launch of Sputnik I, we soon rose to the challenge and accomplished our goal only eight years later on June 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin safely landed on the moon. With the great accomplishments of Apollo 11, America had bettered the Soviets and established superiority in space.
The United States followed with three robotic test missions to prepare the path for human exploration of the moon. The first humans to land on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20th 1969. This mission was part of the Apollo test series, and was the infamous Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong spent approximately two and a half hours on the lunar surface, and Buzz Aldrin spent a little less. They collected almost 50 lbs. of moon rock and other various materials to bring back to The United States for further study. The lunar landing was broadcasted on national television, and the famous quote from Armstrong as he stepped foot off the modules ladder, “that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” The crewmembers left an American Flag, a patch to honor a fallen Apollo 1 member, and other various items.
...erful for social objectives. Technology, especially in aerospace engineering and electronic communication, advanced greatly during this period. Today over a thousand artificial satellites orbit earth, relaying communications data around the planet and facilitating remote sensing of data. The moon landing stood for a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown. To win the Space Race we had to be the first to land a man on the moon and for that moment in the tumultuous 60’s, our country came together in celebration and pride. The citizens of the U.S made the journey possible; through their contributions to the space effort, or even if they just supported the effort they were helping the cause. John F. Kennedy requested, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” We responded, we prevailed, we triumphed.
In the past 100 years, we have made much advancement in all areas of society. The way people live has changed drastically just in the past century. Technology in particular has advanced more in these last 100 years then all previous time combined. For example, because of the research done by many innovative and dedicated individuals such as the Wright Brothers who were the first to sustain flight in a powered airplane, we are able to fly all over the world in a matter of hours in jet propelled pressurized aircraft. One hundred years ago, the thought of man flying in a machine was insane. The Wright Brothers helped to realize the dream of manned flight. Many years later, after the idea of manned flight becoming a reality, space exploration was the next step. In 1969, many people did not believe what happened. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. They posted an American flag, explored, collected space rocks and came back home. Many Americans did not believe that the technology existed to go that far. Today, several missions a year are launched using manned space shuttles that can be flown back to earth like gliders and reused on future space missions.