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Apollo Moon Missions
The Apollo Moon Missions were a series of NASA missions that put 12 men on the moon through six space flights during 1961-1975. This category is for questions and answers about those missions.
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No, Apollo 1 did not explode. A cabin fire during a pre-launch test led to the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee on January 27, 1967. The incident occurred due to a spark that ignited the pure oxygen atmosphere inside the capsule.
What was the name of the second space program?
The second American space program aimed at making further progress toward manned exploration of the Moon was the Gemini program.
Why was there only 3 people on Apollo 11?
All Apollo missions had a crew size of 3. The crew size of any spacecraft is limited by weight. The larger the crew the larger the craft needs to be and the larger the amount of consumables carried into space to keep the crew alive while off the earth must be. Eventually the weight of the spacefraft will be greater than the rocket lifting it off the Earth (or whatever planet it happens to be on) can handle. For the Apollo missions, the maximum crew size was 3.
What was Alan B Shepherd Jr's claim to fame?
He was the 2nd Man into space after Russia's Yuri Gargarin
He was one of the 7 original astronauts by NASA
First American in space with the Mercury Project. He named his capsule Freedom 7 and was launched on a Redstone rocket.
According to Gene Kranz in Failure is Not an Option, When reporters asked Shepard what he thought about as he sat atop the Redstone rocket, waiting for liftoff, he had replied, the fact that every part of the ship was built by the lowest bidder."
He and his crew was bumped from the Apollo 13 mission after inner ear problems.
He was the commander of Apollo 14.
He was the 5th person to walk on the Moon
He was a Rear Admiral in USN
He was a test pilot.
Helpful places to check would be NASA bios.
When was the first manned space mission?
The first manned space mission was in April 1961 with Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to journey into outer space. He orbited Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union.
The moon landings never happened?
No, they definately happened and it's a terrible injustice to everyone who worked so hard to finally make that "giant leap for mankind" to pretend it was a multi billion dollar hoax! I however am not one of those people so don't assume this report to be biased.
You cannot argue with numbers
Do you believe that anyone who disagrees has a decorous understanding of what NASA are capable of? With a constantly inclining annual budget of over $100,000,000,000, over 219² miles at Kennedy space center alone and an inscrutable interest and understanding of how to make space travel possible, there is no watertight argument against the Apollo program succeeding.
There is however mathematical proof that they did.
The moon is, on average, 1.05 light seconds from Earth (a light second is the distance a photon of light travels in a second, it's not a measure of time). From Kennedy space center, Florida, you could shine a beam of light to the moon which will reflect off of a mirror and come back. It takes exactly 2.1 seconds for the light to come back into the receiver which means it had to have gone as far as the moon and back and it had to have a mirror to reflect it.
The only way a mirror could have been placed on the moon, where Kennedy space center knows where to find it, is if an astronaut placed it there.
Or perhaps the martians did it?
Apollo 15 and the Kaguya space probe
There is physical, visual and mathematical proof that man has been to the moon; 800 lbs. of basalt was acquired from the Apollo missions and transported back to earth. This type of basalt, which has been naturally formed over the billions of years that the moon has existed, is found nowhere on earth, so where else can it have come from but the moon?
That is physical evidence. The visual evidence is the infamous comparison between a radar image, taken by the Japanese space probe Kaguya (Ka-goy-a), and an average photograph taken on the Apollo 15 mission. It depicts two different types of photograph, taken at different times, on missions by different countries, however the images are identical. I have personally scrutinized the two to find any differences and so may you; there is no difference between the two and there's no way that this could have been faked.
The counter arguments
You may be wondering about the flapping flag. Obviously there's no wind on the moon (there's no air) to make it flap but it does appear to flap a decent amount doesn't it?
Yes, this is because of the lack of air. There is a near perfect vacuum on the moon, so when they put the flag on the moon it shook and there is no air resistance to stop the flag flapping until its weight decelerates its horizontal motion due to the gravitational pull of the moon.
You could also question how the flag stays upright with nothing to hold it up?
Well, quite simply, there is. There is a pole through the top of the flag holding, keeping it horizontal.
In addition, this is a ridiculous argument regardless of its flaws. If NASA had tried to fake it, then they wouldn't let the flag be blown around by the wind coming through an open door would they? Otherwise ill informed conspiracy theorists would think that the flag was being blown around by wind.
There is a sceptic site at
http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html
These are quite convincing lies I'm afraid but the creator obviously doesn't have all the facts. Have you ever before seen the video near the top on any news channel before? no, because all the 'witnesses' are actors. Notice how there's no footage of these people at the places they claim they have been to Did_man_realy_go_to_the_moontheir claims.
Secondly, the pictures they use have been air brushed by the conspiracy theorists who made the site, not by NASA and they aren't covering any objects up - it's just smudged ground. Again, if NASA had tried to fake it, it wouldn't be so badly obvious.
They also say that they've attached thin wires to the astronauts to help them 'bounce' around the moon and then halved the film speed. Well they can still talk at the same speed and if the audio is on the same track as the visuals (sound and picture) then you can't halve the speed of one without the other. Therefore it hasn't been slowed down at all. Mythbusters also disproved this conspiracy theory.
Remember they can just make up all their facts and videos as persuasive techniques and do whatever they like to the photos and claim that NASA did it. NASA cannot lie about something as incredible and important as the first man on the moon, as 1 billion years in the future (due to solar luminescence - heat and radiation) the Earth will be uninhabitable by humans and the future of the entire human race will depend on our ability to survive in space (this isn't even Sci-fi).
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Has anyone ever really made it to the moon?
Yes, i have been there for 18 years i still get a internet connection up here its so awesome and your cell phone never dies on you. The internet connection is so good im right next to a satelite
When did the first rocket reach the moon?
Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the moon in December 1968 and Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969
What Astronauts were killed in Apollo spacecraft in 1967?
The astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire on January 27, 1967, were Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee.
What were the accomplishments of the Apollo 17 mission?
Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. It was the only mission to include a geologist, Harrison Schmitt, among the crew. The mission successfully completed three moonwalks, collected a record amount of lunar samples, and returned safely to Earth.
Buzz Aldrin was the second person to walk on the moon. He was part of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, following Neil Armstrong.
Who was Gus Grissom and John Young famous for?
Gus Grissom and John Young were both famous American astronauts. Grissom was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and flew on the Mercury and Gemini missions. Young was the ninth person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 16 mission and also flew on Gemini and Space Shuttle missions.
How was Apollo 11 spacecraft built?
The Apollo 11 spacecraft was named Columbia, the lunar lander was named Eagle. Both were mated to the Saturn V (5 in Roman Numerals) and moved to the launch pad.
Basicly, at the top was the Lunar module (what they used to safely land on the surface. Inside the next part was the command and service module). Then, under the CSM was the stage 3 fuel tank. Then, below that was stage two, and its fuel tank. Finally, stage one.
Saturn V was built in a room with windows on all sides, so employees can administrate and help. A robotic arm was used to assemble the rockets.
Stage one (S-IC) was built by the Boeing Company at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, LA. Stage two (S-II) was built by North American Aviation at Seal Beach, CA. The third stage (S-IVB) was built by Douglas Aircraft Company at Huntington Beach, CA. S-IC and S-II were transported to Cape Canaveral, FL by sea; S-IVB was transported by air. Atop the three thrust engines was placed the instrument unit that was built by IBM. The command and service module, two parts composed of the command and re-entry module where the astronauts were housed during flight, trip, and orbit sat atop the service module, largely composed of propulsion units were both constructed by North American Aviation. After the fire aboard Apollo One that killed Grissom, Chaffee, and White, construction of the Block II design that incorporated changes to the original design and the LEM was awarded to Grumman Aircraft Engineering. CSM built by Grumman were constructed at a number of different facilities on Long Island. The LEM contract was also awarded to Grumman, and construction of the various vehicles were also conducted at Grumman's New York facilities.
All sections of the Apollo vehicles were assembled at the Cape on Merrit Island, FL atop the transport crawler inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. Once assembled, the rockets were transported aboard the crawler to the designated launchpad where they were placed within the launch scaffold, attached to fueling hoses and launch control computers and prepared for launch.
Was the Apollo program successful in meeting president Kennedy's challenge?
Yes. On May 25, 1961, Kennedy said to congressFirst, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth
The Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and returned safely to the earth.
What did the first rocket have to over come to get in to space?
The first rocket had to overcome Earth's gravity to reach space. It needed to generate enough thrust to propel itself upward and break free from the pull of gravity, allowing it to reach the necessary speed to enter into Earth's orbit.
Who were the 2 people to walk the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the first two people to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Armstrong was the first to step onto the lunar surface, followed by Aldrin.
What did Alan Shepard do for the space program?
Alan Shepard was the first American to travel to space as part of the Mercury program in 1961. He later became the fifth person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. Shepard's contributions were instrumental in advancing the United States' space exploration efforts.
Did the US really go to the moon?
Yes, the United States successfully landed astronauts on the moon six times between 1969 and 1972 as part of the Apollo program. The most famous of these missions was Apollo 11 in 1969, when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon.
What are the moon rocks brought to earth by the Apollo missions?
... they are "Lunar material": rocks, stone, sand and dust of basaltic typ. They are much older than the any rocks found on the surface of the Earth being more than 1 billion years old from active volcanoes that once raged there. There is also a lot of alien dust from comets and meteors.
Which Apollo missions landed men on the moon?
Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17
The names of the Moon-Landers were Eagle, Intrepid, Aquaries (not used), Anteres, Falcon, Orion and Challenger.
How many spacecraft have crashed?
Defining 'crash' as having hit a land or water surface without being made/allowed to by the pilots, none. Most nonreusable spacecraft were designed to deploy parachutes to slow the rate of descent, and then either drop into the ocean or land on solid ground. The few that have failed only catastrophically exploded while still on the ground or midair, so all that got to the surface was debris, not the vehicle as a whole.
Neil Armstrongs rockets name Apollo?
Actually, the rocket that carried Neil Armstrong to the moon was the Saturn V rocket, part of NASA's Apollo program. The Apollo program aimed to land astronauts on the moon and bring them safely back to Earth. The Apollo 11 mission, commanded by Neil Armstrong, achieved this historic feat on July 20, 1969.
