Video Broadcast : #128
December 12, 2020
Space Race between USSR and USA
Early lead by USSR
- First cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin - Second cosmonaut
Gherman Titov - First female cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova
NASA Projects
- Mercury Project
for single astronaut
We Seven (book by the seven astronauts)
The Right Stuff (book and movie) - Gemini Project
for two astronauts - Apollo Project
for three astronauts - Apollo 1
Fire due to electrical system failure caused the deaths of three astronauts)
Needed time to rethink safety measures - Apollo 6 and Apollo 7
after the program restarted - Apollo 8
Orbit the moon and return to earth
in December 1968 - Apollo 9
Tested the start/stop of Lunar Module engine - Apollo 10
Flew Lunar Module to a specified height above the moon - Apollo 11
Landing on the Moon
in July 1969
Neil Armstrong (Mission Commander)
Michael Collins (Command Module Pilot)
Buzz Aldrin (Lunar Module Pilot)
My poem sent to NASA
Also published in the Guardian newspaper - Apollo 12
Longer stay on the Moon - Apollo 13
Power failure in Command Module
Devised plan to use the power from Lunar Module to return safely to Earth
Movie - Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, Apollo 17
Use of rover
Extensive collection of lunar rocks
One Geologist/Astronaut
