Apollo 7
Apollo program was designed to land astronauts on
the Moon and bring them back safely to the Earth. After January 27, 1967 that
fire disaster occurred to Apollo 1 and took the lives of three astronauts
during the preflight. After the Apollo 1
disaster, the engineers were checking everything more carefully and before the
preflight test and before the original flight. Apollo 7 launched on October 11,
1968 form Cape Kennedy Center, Florida. It was the first manned Apollo mission
with three crew members Commander Walter M. Schirra, Command Module Pilot Donn Eisele,
and Walter Cunningham as Lunar Module Pilot. Apollo 7 spent more time in space
than all the space crafts that Soviet Union has launched until that time. The
crew orbited the Earth 163 times and spent 260 hours and 9 minutes in space. 11
minutes after launch Apollo 7 reached the first phase of its trip, an orbital pathway
227 by 285 km (141.051 by 177.0908) directly above the Earth. The missions of
Apollo 7 were: engineering test flight, determine the crew performance,
determine CSM engagement capability, and determine the crew and vehicle
performance during the manned flight. On October 22, 1968, Apollo 7 returned to
Earth and all the objectives were achieved.
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 was the second Apollo mission to orbit and
fourth manned Apollo mission; the mission of this space craft was to confirm all
aspects of the lunar, confirmation of lunar module system in lunar surroundings,
and modification of the lunar gravity potential. Apollo 10 launched on May 18,
1969, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida with the mass of 28,834 kg (61.72943341177
pounds) and the velocity of 36,651 feet per second. Apollo 10 had 3 crew
members Thomas P. Stafford, Commander, John W. Young, Command Module Pilot, and
Eugene A. Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot. After 3 days journey, Apollo 10 entered
an initial 315.5 by 110.4 km (196.042611 by 68.5993796 mile) lunar orbit on May
21, 1969. On May 26, 1969, Apollo 10 landed on Earth in the Pacific Ocean and
the entire missions were accomplished. Apollo 10 reached the most velocity in
Apollo series 39.897 km (24.7908465 mile). This picture is taken by Apollo 10 from the Moon
surface
Apollo 7
ReplyDeleteI think that it was one of the best accomplishments during the decade that people should be proud of the American Astronauts. This is the time when any young man would think of doing something like this since it was less opportunity for women. And I am sure that other countries like Russia were jealous and eager to get into the space but even if they did; after all the Americans had already arrived there so it would not make any difference. So I say that no matter what happens later, Americans would always be known as the first ones on the moon.
Aline Niyonzima
Apollo 10
ReplyDeleteWell, I can say that is another accomplishment for the Americans. Finally figuring out the gravity around Luna was impressive. Because the way they came up with technology during that decade was unbelievable. Who would have thought that after all the wars that the Americans participated in would lead to something great like that; because while some were at war others were thinking of the country’s success. And space crafting was beyond imagination and how they built this craft by knowing when it should lend and comeback to earth, let’s just say it’s generous, amazing and Marvelous of Americans.
Aline Niyonzima
In response to the Apollo 7 & 10 post:
ReplyDeleteOnce again I was not aware of Apollo 7 and 10. I guess that means I should really start researching and learning more about science and technology. It is neat that Apollo orbited the Earth 163 times. I am also glad that no major disasters occurred, especially since the people were still a bit upset about Apollo 1. I am not sure why they were all so interested in finding so much information about the moon. It seems like that was the main mission of all of these. I would also like to know why they only take three crew members; I am guessing it might have to do with the space limit.
-Maria Marquez
In response to Apollo 7 and Apollo 10
ReplyDeleteI went to the Kennedy Space Center here in Phoenix and its purpose is largely to honor the victims of Apollo one. We used drunk goggles to imitate that amount of control the astronauts have over their bodies in space and felts pieces of what we thought was moon rock though it was probably not. I also remember hearing about how long it takes for those pictures from space to get back to the earth. That pictures from Apollo 10 of the moon, if I remember took 8 hours per pixel to return to the earth in “real” time.
- John Osorio