1. Physics 112 Star Systems Lecture 6 To The Moon Kevin H Knuth
University at Albany
Fall 2012

2. “I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution”
- Werner von Braun

3. Yuri Gagarin (March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968)
Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet Cosmonaut.
On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first human to travel into space as he orbited the Earth in Vostok 1.
He is known in Russian history as the Columbus of the Cosmos.
A Monument to Yuri Gagarin in Moscow
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4. Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1
Yuri in Vostok 1
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Vostok 1

5. John Glenn (born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio)
John Glenn was the first American in space.
On February 20, 1962 he piloted Friendship 7 (Mercury 6) on a 4 hour 55 minute mission where he orbited the Earth.
Shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination, John Glenn left NASA to run for office in Ohio, where he became Senator from 1974 – 1999.
He returned to space payload specialist in 1998 in the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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6. Mercury Missions
The Mercury Project from 1959 – 1963 was America’s first manned spaceflight program with the goal of putting a person into Earth orbit.
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payload specialist
The capsules were small (1.7 cubic meters) and could hold only a single person. To make matters more difficult, there were 120 controls that the astronaut had to deal with.
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7. Mercury Capsule payload specialist payload specialist

8. Gemini Missions (1965 – 1966)
“To subject man and equipment to space flight up to two weeks in duration.
To rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to maneuver the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system;
To perfect methods of entering the atmosphere and landing at a preselected point on land. Its goals were also met, with the exception of a land landing, which was cancelled in 1964.”
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payload specialist

9. Earth & Lunar Orbital Missions Lunar Landing Missions
Apollo Missions
Preparing for the Moon
In Greek mythology, Artemis and Apollo were twin brother and sister. Artemis was the Goddess of the Moon.
               
Earth & Lunar Orbital Missions
Lunar Landing Missions
APOLLO 1**
APOLLO 11
APOLLO 7
APOLLO 12
APOLLO 8
APOLLO 13*
APOLLO 9
APOLLO 14
APOLLO 10
APOLLO 15
APOLLO 16
APOLLO 17
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payload specialist

10. Apollo 1 Disaster
On January 27, 1967, the crew of Apollo 1 was lost in a cabin fire on the launch pad.
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payload specialist
Edward White, Virgil (Gus) Grissom, and Roger Chaffee

11. Mission Outline

12. Various Orbits Lunar Orbit Insertion Earth Orbit Insertion Earth Orbit
Trans-Lunar Orbit Insertion

14. Apollo 11: First Moon Landing
Michael Collins Stayed in orbit in the Command Module
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payload specialist
Neil Armstrong First person to walk on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin Second person to walk on the Moon

15. Apollo Landing Missions
Apollo 11 Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility) July 20, 1969
Neil A. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins
Apollo 12 Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) Nov 19, 1969
Charles Conrad, Jr., Alan Bean, Richard Gordon
Apollo 13 Did Not land April 1970
James A. Lovell, Jr., Fred W. Haise, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr.
Apollo 14 Fra Mauro Feb 5, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar D. Mitchel, Stuart A. Roosa
Apollo 15 Hadley Rille/Apennine Mountains July 30, 1971
David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, Alfred M. Worden
Apollo 16 Descartes Highlands April 21, 1972
John W. Young, Charles M. Duke, Jr., Thomas K. Mattingly
Apollo 17 Taurus-Littrow Dec 11, 1972
Eugene A. Cernan, Harrison H. Schmitt, Ronald E. Evans
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payload specialist

16. Apollo Patches
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payload specialist

17. Anatomy of the Saturn V
The Saturn V is a 360 ft tall three-stage rocket.

18. Mission Outline

19. Launch
Remember that the Saturn V is HUGE!

20. Jettisoning Stages
As the fuel for each stage runs out, the stage is jettisoned so they do not have to carry it into orbit.

21. First Stage (S-1C)
Engines: 5 Rocketdyne F-1 Thrust: MN (7,648,000 lb) Burn time: 150 seconds Fuel: RP-1/LOX

22. F-1 Engine

23. First Stage Separates

24. Second Stage

25. Mission Outline

26. Third Stage
Lunar Module (LM)
Command Module (CM)

27. Mission Outline

28. Separation, Transposition and Docking

29. Mission Outline

30. Lunar Module and Command Module
Command Module (CM) stays in orbit around the Moon (one person doesn’t get to walk on the Moon).
Lunar Module (LM) lands on the Moon.

31. Mission Outline

32. Descent

33. Landed

34. Exploration

35. Mission Outline

36. Ascent

37. Mission Outline

38. Rendezvous
Lunar Module (LM)
Command Module (CM)

39. Mission Outline

40. Splashdown

41. Recovery

42. Mission Outline