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Moon Landing (Intro (USSR (Explorer 1, Sputnik 1 + 2, US was in fear of…
Moon Landing
Intro
USSR
Explorer 1
Sputnik 1 + 2
US was in fear of what USSR were planning on doing in space
Eisenhower set up NASA in 1958
Luna Probe
first object to land on the moon
Vostok
brought 1st person into space
Apollo
1967
3 killed due to command module problem
Vladimir Komarov
first person to die in space
Apollo 8
orbited the moon
Apollo 10
Lunar Module descended 9 miles away from moons surface
Return
400,000 km's traveled
landed in sea of tranquility (on moon)
collected rocks + planted US flag
Landed in Pacific Ocean
spent 3 weeks in quarintine
Impact
400,000 employed
continued to Apollo 12-17
watched by millions
showed American win
China + Russia refused to show any of the Moon Landing in their countries
Mercury/Gemini
John Glenn + Mercury
1st person to orbit earth (1962)
Gemini
ten crews went on Gemini missions
two person aircraft
Gemini 4
first space walk
Gemini 5
stayed in orbit for a week
Gemini 7
stayed in orbit for 2 weeks
Gemini 8
connected with an unmanned spacecraft
Gemini 11
went higher than any spacecraft before
stopped at 12
Take off and Trip
July 1969
Apollo 11
15 tonnes per sec. of liquid hydrogen + oxygen fuel was used
3 parts
Lunar module
Command module
Service module
3 days to reach the moon
How It Effects Us Today
growth of technology
laptops today hold more memory than computers used
Encouraged growth in daily life
cell phone cameras
cordless tools
baby formula
memory foam