Goals
"THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR A MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND." The national effort that enabled Astronaut Neil Armstrong to speak those words as he stepped onto the lunar surface, fulfilled a dream as old as humanity. But Project Apollo's goals went beyond landing Americans on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth:
* To establish the technology to meet other national interests in space;
* To achieve the advantage in space for the United States;
* To carry out a program of scientific exploration of the Moon; and
* To develop man's capability to work in the lunar environment.
The Space Craft
Apollo was a three-part spacecraft: the command module (CM), the crew's quarters and flight control section; the service module (SM) for the propulsion and spacecraft support systems (when together, the two modules are called CSM); and the lunar module (LM), to take two of the crew to the lunar surface, support them on the Moon, and return them to the CSM in lunar orbit.
Types of Rockets
Saturn V (use this one for your notes)
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Length |
102 m |
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Mass |
3,038,500 kg |
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Number of engines |
5 (stage 1) 5 (stage 2) 1 (stage 3) |
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Stages |
3 |
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Number of wings/fins/stabilizers |
4 |
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Length |
51 meters |
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Mass |
589,770 kg |
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Number of engines |
8(stage 1) 1(stage 2) |
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Stages |
2 |
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Number of wings/fins/stabilizers |
10 |