Apollo Moon Program Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

Why Send People Into Space ?Science / ExploreNational SecurityEconomicsHuman DestinyNational PrideDr. Roger Launius - Smithsonian

Why Send People to the Moon ?ScienceSecurityEconomicsDestinyPrideLunar originsLunar environment

Demonstrate capabilityTechnology Spin-offs

New Products / MaterialsEventual Tourism

Human spirit - Boldly goFirst step

Were #1Space Race

Why Send People to the Moon ?ScienceSecurityEconomicsDestinyPrideLunar originsLunar environment

Demonstrate capabilityTechnology Spin-offs

New Products / MaterialsEventual Tourism

Human spirit - Boldly goFirst step

Were #1Space Race

Origins of the Space Program The Cold WarMutual Assured Destruction

Space Race1957 - 1962

Space Race1962 - 1969

The Cost No Bucks - No Buck Rogers

NASA Budget (1961-1969) $25 B Includes building the Johnson Space Center and Launch Complex 39 - still used by the Shuttle

~ 3 % of the Federal Budget (1961 1972) comparison ~ .5% (2009)

Crew of Apollo 201 Crew of Gemini 9A other astronauts killed in training

The Hardware

Project Gemini

GumdropSpider

Charlie BrownSnoopyCharlie BrownSnoopy

ColumbiaEagle

Yankee ClipperIntrepid

OdysseyAquarius

Kitty HawkAntares

EndeavorFalcon

Mt. HadleyMt. Hadley DeltaHadley RilleSwann HillsSt. George CraterApollo 15LandingSite

Casper - Orion

America - Challenger

What did we learn?

We Won the Race!

ALSEP

Questions?

SKYLAB

When Will We Go Again ?ScienceSecurityEconomicsDestinyPrideLunar originsLunar environment

Technology Spin-offsDemonstrate capability

New Products / MaterialsEventual Tourism

Human spirit - Boldly goFirst foreign body

Were #1Space Race

Questions?

*http://www.kosmonaut.se/gagarin/index_article.html

*http://www.kosmonaut.se/gagarin/index_article.html

*http://www.kosmonaut.se/gagarin/index_article.html

*http://users.northnet.com.au/~amcgann/website/Early_Attempts.htm

From earliest times, Man has longed to journey into Space. However, theEarth's gravitational pull has kept us planet bound. The development of therocket engine in the 1940's and 1950's provided us with the necessary thrustto break free of the Earths gravity and thus enter Space.

The Russians were the first to send a man made object into Space.

The Russians launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, on October 4,1957.

(The rocket that carried Sputnik into Space)

(Sputnik. The first man made satellite in Space)

Sputnik was 500 miles up, traveling at 18,000 miles an hour, and it circledthe globe every 96 minutes. It flew over the U.S. seven times a day.*http://www.kosmonaut.se/gagarin/index_article.html

*http://www.kosmonaut.se/gagarin/index_article.html

*http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/MERC_OV/10073402.htm

JSC Digital Image Collection Press Release Images

NASA Photo ID: S64-22331 File Name: 10073402.jpg Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 01/09/87 Title: Illustration of relative sizes of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft Description: Artist concept illustrating the relative sizes of the one-man Mercury spacecraft, the two-man Gemini spacecraft, and the three-man Apollo spacecraft. Also shows line drawing of launch vehichles to show their relative size in relation to each other. Subject terms: APOLLO SPACECRAFT DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT GEMINI SPACECRAFT MERCURY SPACECRAFT REENTRY VEHICLES *http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/GT4/10074017.htm

NASA Photo ID: S65-30427 File Name: 10074017.jpg Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 06/09/65 Title: Astronaut Edward White during first EVA performed during Gemini 4 flight Description: Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for the Gemini-Titan 4 space flight, floats in zero gravity of space. The extravehicular activity was performed during the third revolution of the Gemini 4 spacecraft. White is attached to the spacecraft by a 25-ft. umbilical line and a 23-ft. tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand White carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit (HHSMU). The visor of his helmet is gold plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun. Subject terms: ASTRONAUTS EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY GEMINI 4 FLIGHT GEMINI PROJECT GEMINI SPACECRAFT TETHERLINES ZERO GRAVITY

*http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS1/10074793.htm

NASA Photo ID: S67-15717 File Name: 10074793.jpg Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 01/03/67 Title: Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command/Service Module being moved to Operations bldg Description: Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command/Service Module is moved from H-134 to east stokes for mating to the Saturn Lunar Module Adapter No. 05 in the Manned Spacecraft Operations bldg. S/C 012 will be flown on the Apollo/Saturn 204 mission. Subject terms: APOLLO 1 FLIGHT APOLLO PROJECT APOLLO SPACECRAFT ASSEMBLY COMMAND MODULES FACILITIES FLORIDA LUNAR MODULE SERVICE MODULES *http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS1/10074772.htm

NASA Photo ID: S66-30236 File Name: 10074772.jpg Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 04/01/66 Title: Portrait of Apollo 1 prime crew Description: Portrait of Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight. Left to right, are Astronauts Edward H. White II, Virigil I. Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. Subject terms: APOLLO PROJECT ASTRONAUTS CREWS PORTRAIT *http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS1/10074799.htm

NASA Photo ID: S67-21295 File Name: 10074799.jpg Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 01/28/67 Title: Closeup view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module after flash fire Description: Closeup view of the exterior of Apollo 012 Command Module at Pad 34 showing the effects of the intense heat of the flash fire which killed the prime crew of the Apollo/Saturn 204 mission. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee lost their lives in the accidental fire. Subject terms: APOLLO 1 FLIGHT APOLLO PROJECT APOLLO SPACECRAFT COMMAND MODULES FACILITIES FAILURE ANALYSIS FIRE DAMAGE LAUNCHING PADS LAUNCHING SITES SPACECRAFT CABINS *http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001316.html

NASA Center: Johnson Space Center Image # : AS12-48-7136 Date : 11/20/1969

Conrad and Surveyor on the Slope of a Crater

Full Description

Charles Conrad Jr., Apollo 12 Commander, examines the unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft during the second extravehicular activity (EVA-2). The Lunar Module (LM) "Intrepid" is in the right background.

This picture was taken by astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot. The "Intrepid" landed on the Moon's Ocean of Storms only 600 feet from Surveyor III. The television camera and several other components were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to Earth for scientific analysis. Surveyor III soft-landed on the Moon on April 19, 1967.

Keywords

APOLLO 12 FLIGHT APOLLO PROJECT CRATERS LUNAR EXPLORATION LUNAR

Reference Numbers

Center: JSC Center Number: AS12-48-7136 GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001316

Source Information

Creator/Photographer: NASA Alan L. Bean Original Source: DIGITAL *http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS17/10075967.htm

NASA Photo ID: AS17-145-22224 File Name: 10075967.jpg Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 12/12/72 Title: Astronaut Eugene Cernan inside the lunar module on lunar surface after EVA Description: Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, is photographed inside the lunar module on the lunar surface following the second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) of his mission. Note lunar dust on his suit. Subject terms: APOLLO 17 FLIGHT APOLLO PROJECT ASTRONAUTS LUNAR MODULE LUNAR SOIL LUNAR SURFACE SPACECRAFT CABINS *http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/skylab.html

Skylab General Characteristics from "Skylab, Our First Space Station" (NASA SP-400, published 1977)*http://www.kosmonaut.se/gagarin/index_article.html