The Moon - Apollo missions
Channel: Astronomy with Mr Guerin
Date: 2019-08-17

Why did people go to the Moon? How did we do it? And what did we learn? This extra video goes into a bit more detail on the Apollo missions. It's not needed for the Astronomy GCSE, but I hope you enjoy it.

Download the slideshow (no audio/video clips):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v7n69srfzFmgYxF9Vct6FKp3r_ZRqFjx

Main Moon origin, structure and exploration video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noGJmYSxWd0

Image credits:

Apollo book listings, Amazon, fair use
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=apollo+mission+book

Apollo mission patches, NASA, public domain
https://history.nasa.gov/apollo_patches.html

Flag of the United States, Steinsplitter, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg

JFK at Rice University, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_F._Kennedy_speaks_at_Rice_University.jpg

JFK's Moon speech, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_F._Kennedy_speaks_at_Rice_University.jpg

Apollo 1 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo1-Crew_01.jpg

Apollo 7 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Apollo_7_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001160.jpg

Apollo 8 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_8_Crewmembers_-_GPN-2000-001125.jpg

Apollo 8 Earthrise, NASA/Bill Anders, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg

Apollo 9 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo9_Prime_Crew.jpg

Apollo 10 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Apollo_10_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001163.jpg

Apollo 11 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_11_Crew.jpg

Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong steps onto the Moon, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_11_Landing_-_first_steps_on_the_moon.ogv

Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, NASA/Neil Armstrong, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aldrin_Apollo_11_original.jpg

Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin decending, NASA/Neil Armstrong, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:As11-40-5866_(26491104751).jpg

Apollo 11 disc, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo11Disck.png

Apollo 11 Earth and the Eagle, NASA/Michael Collins, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_11_lunar_module.jpg

Apollo 11 splashdown, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Splashdown_3.jpg

Apollo 12 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_11_Crew.jpg

Apollo 13 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Original_Apollo_13_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001166.jpg

Apollo 13 problem audio, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo13-wehaveaproblem.ogg

Apollo 13 damaged service module, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_13_Service_Module_-_AS13-59-8500_(cropped).jpg

Apollo 14 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_14_crew.jpg

Apollo 14 Golf on the Moon, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_14_golf.jpg

Apollo 15 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Apollo_15_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001169.jpg

Apollo 15 Lunar Rover and Irwin, NASA/David Scott, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_Lunar_Rover_and_Irwin.jpg

Apollo 15 hammer drop, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_feather_and_hammer_drop.ogv

Apollo 16 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_16_crew.jpg

Apollo 17 crew, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_17_crew.jpg

Apollo 16 ALSEP, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ap16_pse.jpg

Apollo 14 retroreflector, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ALSEP_AS14-67-9386.jpg