president john f. kennedy on september 12, 1962 at rice
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President John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1962
at Rice University
“We choose to go to the Moon, not because it is
easy but because it is hard. Because that goal will
serve to organize and measure the best of our
energies and skills. Because that challenge is
one that we are willing to accept,
one that we are unwilling to postpone,
and one that we intend to win.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sExd3yNG2A
Introduction to the BBC documentary:
13 Minutes to the Moon(Music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg)
NASA’s Apollo and Artemis Missions to the Moon
John W. Delano, Ph.D. (retired)
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
University at Albany, State Univ. of New York
Albany, NY
Apollo 15 lunar module Apollo 15 volcanic rock
Mosaic from
NASA’s LRO
spacecraft
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Class #1 (March 22, 2021)
❖ Historical context
❖ Apollo 11 mission
❖ Scientific results
❖ Apollo 12 mission
❖ Scientific results
May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah
https://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/brief-history.html
Wright brothers’ first flight: December 14, 1903
https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/si2003-3463640jpg
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev: “We will bury you” (Speech on November 18, 1956 at Polish Embassy in Moscow)
Chronology of notable events
Sputnik-1 (4 October 1957) First artificial satellite
Laika (3 November 1957) First animal in orbit
Explorer-1 (31 January 1958) First USA satellite
NASA created by Congress (1 October 1958)
Luna-3 (4 November 1959) First image of Moon’s farside
Yuri Gagarin (12 April 1961) First human in orbit
Alan Shepard (5 May 1961) First US suborbital flight
Pres. Kennedy’s ‘Moon speeches’ (25 May 1961; 12 Sept.1962)
John Glenn (20 February 1962) First American in orbit
First image of the Moon’s farside by Soviet Luna-3
(4 November 1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RaRC6YuYCQ
Rice University on September 12, 1962
Valentina Tereshkova (16 June 1963) First woman in orbit
Luna-9 (31 January 1966) First robotic soft lunar landing
Surveyor I (30 May 1966) First US robotic soft lunar landing
Apollo 1 fire (27 January 1967) Grissom, White, Chaffee
Apollo 8 (21 December 1968) First humans to orbit Moon
Apollo 11 (20 July 1969) First humans to land on Moon
Soviet N-1 Moon rocket failed: 21 Feb. 1969, 3 July 1969,
26 June 1971, 23 November 1972
Soviet Moon program cancelled: May 1974
Chronology of notable events (cont’d)
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Saturn V N-1
Soviet N-1 rocket
N-1
Launch of Soviet N-1 rocket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amz6VjJEWKU
Failure of Soviet N-1 rocket on 3 July 1969
Apollo 11: Humanity’s first steps on another world
July 20, 1969
John W. Delano, Ph.D.
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Apollo 11 crew
Soviet Luna 15 spacecraft launched on 13 July 1969
Mosaic from
NASA’s LRO
spacecraft
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Apollo 11 mission
Liftoff: July 16, 1969; 9:32 a.m. EDT (1332 GMT)
Lunar Orbit Arrival: July 19, 1969, 1:21 p.m. EDT (17:21 GMT)
100.9 kilometers (54.5 nmi) x 122.4 kilometers (66.1 nmi)
Moon Landing: July 20, 4:17 p.m. EDT (2017 GMT)
Liftoff from the Moon: July 21, 1969, 1:54 p.m. EDT (17:54 GMT)
Lunar Orbit Departure: July 22, 1969, 12:55 a.m. EDT (04:55 GMT)
Splashdown: July 24, 1969; 12:50 p.m. EDT (1650 GMT)
Duration of Mission: 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 secondsEVA duration: 2 hours, 31 minutes, 40 seconds
Mass of lunar samples: 21.55 kilograms (47.51 lb)
Distance traveled: 0.55 km (0.34 mi)
Landing site: 00.67408° N, 23.47297° E
Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket rolls out of
Vertical Assembly Building on May 20, 1969
363
feet
Saturn V rocket in Vehicle Assembly Building
Wernher von Braun standing next
to a Saturn V rocket
Apollo 11 crew walking to van for transport
to Launch Complex 39A on July 16, 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmHABUfjYPI
Video of Apollo 11 launch
Launch of Apollo 11 Saturn V on July 16, 1969
Saturn V rocket
Height = 363 feet
Weight = 6.2
million pounds
(3,000 tons)
Staging during launch of Saturn V(First stage jettisoned; second stage ignited)
Altitude: 40 miles
Downrange: 55 miles
Time after liftoff (minutes)
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Weight of Saturn V during ascent
Earthrise as viewed from lunar orbit by crew of
Apollo 11 on July 19, 1969