PART 3 - The Race to the Moon PDF

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1959: The Soviet’s 3 Luna crafts (robotic) successfully orbited the Moon, landed on it, and took the 1st photographs of its far side (not visible from the Earth due to the Moon’s synchronous orbit)

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The moon is a synchronous orbit, meaning, its orbital period around the Earth is equal to the amount of time it takes to spin on its own axis; AKA tidal locking

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More craters are seen on the far side (right), as craters on the near side (left) have been filled in with lava and solidified into maria, likely due to the Earth’s gravitational pull on the lava when it was still liquid

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1962: John F. Kennedy announces the U.S. intention to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade 1969: NASA lands Apollo 11 on the Moon, and astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the Moon

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Artemis Program: the next NASA-led series of missions to lunar orbit and surface. It plans to land humans on the Moon by 2024 o Want to put a space station by the moon Apollo and Artemis: twin brother/sister in Greek Mythology 12 people walked on the moon – all American males – last one was in 1972 – only robotic missions have gone back to the moon Apollo program – was in the 60s...