Geography 2090A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wernher Von Braun, Sergei Korolev, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

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Before the space age: ancients believed that, earth was round. Landing on the moon: soviet luna 9, first human-made object to achieve a soft-landing on the moon. Lem pilot: walter cunningham: crewed test in orbit, outcomes. Identified condensation issues: tested comms, tested live tv cameras, apollo 8, rocket: saturn v, crew, commander: frank borman, cm pilot: jim lovell. Lunar rendezvous: crewed saturn v launch, test comms, first humans to see the far side of the moon, apollo 9, rocket: saturn ib, crew, dave scott, rusty schweickart. James mcdivitt: objectives, test lem maneuverability in leo, push life support systems, dock lem and cms, tethered evas, apollo 10, rocket: saturn v, crew, commander: tom stafford, cm pilot: john young. Lem pilot: gene cernan: objectives, dress rehearsal, test on-earth tracking. Lem to within 15 km of lunar surface. Image apollo 11 landing site: apollo 11 july 16th 1969, rocket: saturn v, crew, commander: neil armstrong, cm pilot: michael collings.