Apollo
Project Apollo followed Projects Mercury and Gemini as the final phase in meeting President John F. Kennedy's ambitious aim, which was stated in a speech on May 25, 1961: "I belie...
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Tools, Apollo Lunar Exploration
Working in a space suit is difficult because it reduces the dexterity of its wearer, so specialized tools were developed for Apollo astronauts to use in gathering rock ...
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Apollo
APOLLO, the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis, is the Greek god whom the European tradition already associated with the aesthetic splendor and brilliance of Greece before Joh...
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Project Apollo
"Now it is time to take longer strides—time for a greatnew American enterprise—time for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in ma...
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Apollo Missions
Between July 1969 and December 1972, 12 American astronauts walked upon the lunar surface. Their 240,000 mile journey to the moon began centuries earlier as the first human gazed skywa...
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Apollo Program
In the early twenty-first century, the Apollo program still is invoked as the ultimate technological achievement. In terms of percentage of the national budget, that effort to land astr...
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Apollo
Began April 1957 Ended December 14, 1972
The Soviet Union’s successful launching on October 4, 1957, of the first Sputnik (see entry) artificial space satellite gave the United States i...
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Phoibus Apollo was the son of the Great God Zeus and the Titan Leto. He had a twin sister named Artemis. Apollo is one of the most important gods of both the Roman and Greek religions (www.thanasis)...
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