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Near-side of Moon
Copernicus Crater
Mare
Mare
Highlands
Highlands
Tycho Crater
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Far-side of Moon
Highlands
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Sputnik 1 Soviets first into space, October
4th, 1957
58 cm in diameter
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Ranger 7, hard lander, July 18, 1964
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Surveyor 1, unmanned lander, May 30, 1966
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Allan Bean, of Apollo 12 visits Surveyor 3 on the
Moon, Nov. 1969
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Surveyor footpad makes small imprints in the
lunar soil, but does not sink deep into it, as
was feared by some scientists
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The first in-situ analyses of the lunar soil in a
mare and a highland region, carried out by the
instruments on Surveyor
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Lunar orbiter, mapping the lunar surface. Here
showing the young crater Tycho.
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Manned exploration of near-Earth space
Yuri Gagarin 1st person in space April 12th, 1961
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John Glenn, 1st American to orbit Earth Feb.
20th 1962
Also oldest astronaut (77) to fly on Shuttle,
October 1998
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John Glenns first spacecraft Friendship 7
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Manned exploration of near-Earth space
The original 7 Mercury Astronauts (USA)
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Gemini 3 1st 2-man US spacecraft. March 23,
1965
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Extra-vehicular training
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Apollo 15 crew train in Hawaii!
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Launch of the Saturn 5 that brought US astronauts
to the Moon
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Apollo 8 1st trip to orbit the Moon December, 1968
Apollo 11 1st to land on Moon July, 1969
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It is not easy to land on the Moon and get get
safely back to Earth
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Tracking stations across the globe
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Apollo Lunar Module 2 astronauts go down to
surface
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Apollo Command Module Stays in orbit one
astronaut remains
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One step for man - a giant leap for mankind
Apollo 11 on the Moon July, 1969.
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Lunar soil consistency like wet beach sand
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The LM on the Moon
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Meanwhile observations by lone astronaut still
in orbit
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Apollo landing sites on the Moon
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Apollo 13 tried to go to Fra Mauro, but failed
due to problems en route. Crew returned home
safely.
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Main goal of each Apollo Mission

• Apollo 11 First Moon landing Neil Armstrong
  and Buz Aldrin (Mike Collins stayed in lunar
  orbit)
• Apollo 12 Pin-point landing in safe place
  recovery pieces of hardware from Surveyor 3
• Apollo 14 Ejecta blanket of large old impact
  basin (Imbrium Basin)
• Apollo 15 Volcanic origin of valley called
  Hadley Rille first lunar rover vehicle.
• Apollo 16 Only mission visit the ancient lunar
  highlands study small/fresh craters
• Apollo 17 Rim of Serenitatis Basin only
  geologist to visit Moon.

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Apollo Image Gallery http//www.apolloarchive.com/
apollo_gallery.html
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2 astronauts return from surface to join command
module
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US astronauts always landed in the
ocean. Russian cosmonauts landed on land.
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Astronaut recovery
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Return and quarantine of the Apollo 11 crew
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Apollo 15 Hadley Rille
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Landing Site
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Mt. Hadley The Moon has lots of topography!
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Apollo 15 1st mission to use Lunar Rover
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Hadley Rille
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True field geology returned rocks yield
insights to early Moon
Genesis Rock 4.15 byrs
Most rocks 3.3 byrs
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Volcanic rocks, vesicles in rocks just like
Hawaii
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Skylab First U.S. Space Station, May 25th, 1973
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First flight of Space Shuttle April 12th, 1981
John Young and Bob Crippen
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Recent Space Stations
Russian Mir February 20, 1985
International space station 1st launch February
1999