Explorers on the Moon

Although visited by numerous unmanned spacecraft and intensely studied via telescope, only a handful humans have set foot upon Earth's moon during NASA's Apollo program. The more than 800 pounds of rock samples collected during the Apollo landings have been critical to our knowledge of the nature and origin of the Moon. NASA plans on returning astronauts to the Mo on sometime in the 2020's.

Figure 8-3. Human exploration of the Moon, both fictional and real.

At left, Hergé's Explorers on the Moon was published in 1954 and had Tintin as the first human to set foot on the Moon.
At right, Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong was actually the first only 15 years later (NASA).

The Apollo Program

When you want to explore the history of the Apollo Program, there are a number of web sites worth a look. The Wikipedia's Apollo Program web page is one that provides a fairly comprehensive overall description of many facets of the Apollo program, so let's use it to answer Quiz Me! questions B11 through B25.

Overview

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