Apollo 11 Research Paper

Apollo 11

Apollo 11 was a space mission that landed the first men onto the Moon. The Saturn V rocket flew Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins up to the Moon and back to Earth. The mission was most famous for having the first human, Neil Armstrong step onto the Moon. The Moon landing happened on July 20, 1969.

During the 1950’s and the 1960’s the “space race” was a huge dispute between the U.S and Russia. The U.S and Russia had a competition to see who was capable to earn more achievement involving space. This competition was called the “space race”. In 1957 Russia sent the first artificial satellite “ Sputnik” into space gaining the lead in the “space race”. About four years later on April 12,

Eisenhower founded the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA was a government agency that had to do with space and aerial topics. Besides sending satellites up into space, NASA also conducted many Apollo missions to send men up into space such as; Apollo 1, Apollo 7, Apollo 8, Apollo 9, and Apollo 10. NASA was also the first organization to send men onto the moon. It took years for NASA to set up the Apollo 11 mission. They took the technology from past Apollo missions and enhanced it and used it for Apollo 11. Assassinated in 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson preceded John F. Kennedy as President of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson continued to work on the Apollo 11 project throughout his whole presidency. Voted in office in 1969, Nixon prepared for the launch that was about six months

Technology used from the Apollo 11 mission was used for other missions such as Apollo 13. NASA did not enhance the technology just for Apollo missions, but they used the same technology from the Apollo 11 mission and used it to make and launch satellites. The Apollo missions that put man on the Moon where, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, Apollo 17. Each of these mission was successful because of the Apollo 11 mission and its technology. NASA made technology that was able to put man on the Moon successfully, and they knew that the technology was only going to get more advanced for future Apollo missions. That day that humans sent man to the Moon really showed how advanced the technology was at that time. The computers that were used for the mission were less powerful than one of today’s cell phones. Technology had a huge impact on the mission. The Apollo 11 mission did not just impact the technology, but it also impacted humans everywhere. It showed that the impossible can be made in to something that is possible. John F. Kennedy had a vision to send man to the Moon before the decade ended. NASA accomplished his vision with a lot of work put into it. The Apollo 11 missions showed that if a group of people put their mind to something, they are able to accomplish anything if they put in the hard work and time to make it happen. The question “ can we put man onto the Moon” was