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    also active in the Apollo program and was killed along with his crew in a cabin fire during a spacecraft test on the launch pad on January 27‚ 1967. Wally Schirra stayed with the Gemini and Apollo programs‚ commanding Gemini 6A and performing the world’s first space rendezvous in December 1965. “He resigned from NASA and joined CBS News in 1969 as a co-anchor for all of the Apollo Moon landing missions‚ 11 through 17” (NASA). Gordon Cooper also stayed as well with Gemini and Apollo‚ commanding the eighth-day

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    Case #7-The Apollo Group(Report) I. Analysis-Issues: a. The young people drop out the programs because the doubt in the education quality. b. The Apollo group education method is contrasted to the conventional mechanism of education being summited to criticism by other universities. c. The young students are more interested in enrolled into traditional education. d. Companies give financial help to the adult working students to pay their

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    Orbiting satellites have shown that its surface contains hidden reserves of water. If man were sent back to the Moon‚ they could study this water and learn more about how the moon was created (Moskowitz). Each of the six brief visits to the Moon‚ all the Apollo missions landed near the equator (Shepard 11). With other discoveries from satellites‚ scientists have found new places to explore‚ such as Polar Regions. Since the Moon has an absence of a dynamic surface or active volcanism‚ it enables the Moon

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    First Man to Moon

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    Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin‚ on July 20‚ 1969‚ at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Armstrong spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft‚ Aldrin slightly less; and together they collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth. A third member of the mission‚ Michael Collins‚ piloted the command spacecraft alone

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    Journey’s End is a 1928 drama‚ the seventh of English playwright R. C. Sherriff. It was first performed at the Apollo Theatre in London by the Incorporated Stage Society on 9 December 1928‚ starring a young Laurence Olivier‚ and soon moved to other West End theatres for a two-year run. The piece quickly became internationally popular‚ with numerous productions and tours in English and other languages. A 1930 film version was followed by other adaptations‚ and the play influenced other playwrights

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    dates‚ and purpose of the event in 2 to 3 sentences in the Identify column. Include why the event is significant in the Significance column‚ and add a reference for your material in the Reference column. Medicare Medicaid The War on Poverty The Apollo Program The Department of Housing and Urban Development The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Tax Cuts for Economic Growth Job Corps National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities National School Lunch Act of 1946 Wilderness Act of 1964 Food Stamp Act of 1964

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    Robotics Will Only Leave Man on Earth. Since man came to be‚ he has always explored what was over the next mountain. Now that we have covered all four corners of the Earth‚ we now look up. Man has only touched the surface on space travel. We are beginning to discover‚ what it has to offer us‚ from the discovery of distant galaxies to medical breakthroughs. Man need to be present for these accomplishments not a robot. Man has always looked to the stars since the dawn of time. Now that we have

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    The Landing of the Moon

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    Landing on the Moon Description: The Apollo program was to get man to step foot onto the moon‚ which back then was a very problematic thing to do. The Apollo 1 mission was a tragic loss to 3 Apollo astronauts to a fire on the launch pad. Apollo’s 7 and 9 were to test the Command and Lunar Modules‚ Apollo’s 8 and 10 were lunar orbit and return‚ Apollo 4 was the first all-up launch‚ Apollo 5 was the first test of lunar Module‚ Apollo 6 was the final uncrewed Apollo test flight‚ 11‚ 12‚ 14 15‚ 16‚ and

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    On July 20‚ 1969‚ one of America’s most memorable event occurred. Apollo 11’s commander‚ Neil Armstrong‚ walked across the moon. This marked a momentous occasion not only in American history but also in the history of mankind. In the article‚ “One Giant Leap to Nowhere”‚ Tom Wolfe‚ the author‚ discusses the standstill found in NASA and subsequently its death after the Apollo 11 mission trip. He marks July 20‚ 1969 as the fall of NASA‚ though much of America would disagree and state that this was

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    according to new claims by his brother. The astronaut had always insisted that he had not planned those historic words in advance. However‚ in a recent interview‚ his brother has insisted that Armstrong came up with the words months prior to the Apollo mission in July 1969. He also has claimed that the original phrase did include the word "a" as Armstrong had so strongly insisted when he was alive. Armstrong‚ who died in September‚ was heard by millions of people around the world as he said the

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