Missions

Use this page to record what you find out about missions to space; remember to make good use of subheadings and add your citations to the 'Bibliography' page.


 * Apollo 11**

Apollo 11 was the first man controlled mission to land on the moon. The main goal of this mission was to try to make it to the moon. Another goal was to explore the moon in the lunar module. Also on this mission Neil Armstrong, the commander of this mission, and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. These two men were also the first humans to bring back samples from the moon. On the Apollo missions there were three people sent up into space and the other astronaut on the crew was Michael Collins. Apollo missions came after Gemini and Mercury which had one or two people sent in space. The way the crew got to the moon was a Saturn V rocket was launched in space and launched a spacecraft named //Columbia// into orbit. Another smaller craft called the //Eagle// holding Armstrong and Aldrin was sent to the moon from the //Columbia//. Armstrong and Aldrin had two and a half hours on the moon while Collins orbited the moon in the //Columbia.// If the //Eagle// did not land perfectly Armstrong and Aldrin would be left to die on the moon, but luckily it did. To return to Earth it took sixty hours. They arrived safely to Earth. To make sure no germs from the moon were brought to Earth they were kept isolation for three weeks. For Armstrong this was a "giant leap for mankind".

**About Apollo**
====Many years ago, about the age of our parents, earthlings, began to explore the cool stuff in space. Such as the moon. ==== ====From the late sixty’s to the early seventy’s, Apollo astronauts, started to try new spacecrafts, and went to new, uncharted places. ==== ====It all started when the president Kennedy, said the goal of sending astronauts to the moon before the end of their decade. Neil Armstrong became the first American astronaut to step on the moon.In Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15,16 and 17 went on the moon.==== Apollo 13 was meant to land on the moon but then there was an explosion on board and they ran out of gas so they were forced to circle the moon without landing and use the moons gravity to sling shot them back to earth. The #2 oxygen tank had been previously been installed in the service module of Apollo 10. Apollo 13was supposed to be the third lunar module landing attempt before the oxygen tank explosion. About 55 hours and 45 minutes, as the crew finished a 49 minute TV broadcast showing how comfutably they lived and how weightless they were in space. Fast facts Launch April 11, 1970 1:13 P.M Launch pad 39A High bay 1 Mobile launcher Firing room 1 Orbit Altitude: 118.99 miles Earth orbits 1.5 Duration: 5 days, 22 hours, 54 min, 41 seconds Distance: 622,268 Landing April 17, 1970 Pacific Ocean Recovery ship USS Iwa Jima
 * Apollo 13**