ASSIGNMENT
- What is a heat shield and why is it necessary for any space vehicle to return to Earth?
- What animals were launched into space and by what countries? Do you agree with the ethics of those decisions? (There’s no right answer to this part!)
- What is a launch escape system and how does it function?
- Describe the significance of the following missions:(a) Mercury-Redstone 3 (b) Gemini 4(c) Gemini 6/7 (d) Gemini 8(e) Apollo 8 (f) Apollo 11
- Describe what happened to Apollo 1 and how it occurred.
- Identify the function of the following components of the Apollo spacecraft:(a) The lunar module (LM)
(b) The command service module (CSM)(c) The command module (CM) - What happened to Apollo 13 and how did it return to Earth?
