1960s+Space+Exploration

=1960's Space Exploration = || * "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." * ||
 * Mercury || Gemini || Apollo ||
 * * First man in space program
 * Manned missions were from 1961to 1963
 * Objective was to orbit manned spacecraft around earth
 * Also, have man function in space
 * Recover spacecraft and man safely
 * Spacecraft was cone-shaped for one man
 * The shield of the spacecraft could take 3,000 degrees of heat
 * Major risk of sending man to space
 * There was 7 mercury astronauts
 * Mercury probes explored venus and mars || Gemini was missions to space with 2 people that orbited and came back to earth. Ten missions took place between 1965 and 1966. Each mission included a pilot and a commander. There was no moon landings during this time yet! The spacecraft could only take 2 people in each section. They also did spacewalks and dockings. Gemini 3 on 1965 was the first two person U.S. orbit with Gus Grissom and John Young. Gemini 3 was about corn beef on rye. Gemini 5 was about America taking the lead in space. Gemini 7 took 2 weeks in space. Gemini 8 was "out of control." Gemini 12 was when them working in space. Those are some things about Gemini missions to space.
 * "The Eagle has landed."
 * Was to get 2 men to orbit and to land on the moon and come back to earth safely.
 * Pete Conrad, Alan Beam, and Richard Gordon brought back samples of the moon
 * Apollo 12 landed in 1969, which was in November
 * First Apollo launched July 16, 1969with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Micheal Collins
 * July 20th Neil Armstrong steped onto the moon
 * Reestablished America's thing for space
 * Velcro, Cameras, TV's, and desktop computers came soon after that
 * Apollo 7 sent back live tv broadcast
 * Apollo orbited the moon on christmas eve
 * Resources

1. Exeter books 2. Pop culture universe.com 3. The space place.com 4. Nasa.gov 5. Google.com/images || media type="youtube" key="VHOBZ97I-JQ" height="336" width="470" align="center" || =GO TO NASA= =CLICK HERE = || = =