This upper-intermediate level learning activity based on the Apollo 11 space mission will help improve vocabulary and develop English listening skills. As soon as they fired up their engine, the astronauts reached a state called “gimbal lock,” wherein their Eagle could tip over if they did not burp their engine quickly enough. Who were the…
Apollo missions took astronauts on an incredible journey from earth to moon and back again – not always with an uneventful ride though; in fact, many perilous moments marred this mission. On what should have been an otherwise routine mission, an oxygen tank explosion damaged their spacecraft over 200,000 miles from home and forced its…
NFSA’s archive footage of the July 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing demonstrates humanity at its finest, from cars driving along highways to picnic rugs in Florida’s Merritt Island where sideburns and Instamatic cameras fill the screen in eagerness and expectation. But Miller appears to have hastened the editing of these tapes; his goal was likely…
Six such vehicles carried astronauts from and to the Moon as part of the Apollo program for scientific investigation, collapsing into an adapter on the back of S-IVB third stage rocket. After visual inspection of its landing gear, the LM’s descent engine conducted a 30-second Descent Orbit Insertion burn to reduce speed and gradually approach…
As part of the Apollo program, from 1969-1972, six spacecraft sent astronauts on missions to explore the lunar surface. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin set foot onto its surface as their lunar module called Eagle docked with Eagle rocket spacecraft. After they reviewed their equipment, Armstrong made his famous quote about one small step…
Apollo was an ambitious program fraught with difficulty and high costs, which resulted in budget reductions and delays. This vehicle included three modules – a command module (CM) to house astronaut quarters and flight controls; a service module housing propulsion systems and other systems; and finally a lunar module capable of transporting two astronauts directly…
The Saturn V rocket consisted of three sections, which included: (1) The command module (CM), which contained astronaut quarters and flight control systems; (2) the service module, for propulsion and spacecraft support; and (3) Eagle, its lunar module – together these comprised the CSM. On its 27th orbit around the Moon, Columbia docked with the…
Armstrong took hundreds of millions of people along with him as he set foot on the Eagle and declared, ‘That is one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind.” NASA’s program to reach the Moon would reach an important milestone with a successful landing, representing years of preparation and technical development. The…
All but four astronauts who ever set foot on the Moon have now passed on, yet that was only part of Apollo’s unfortunate legacy. First was a tragic fire on the launch pad that claimed three lives: Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee – an event which fundamentally altered NASA’s moon program. The Fire…
