1. Apollo and Beyond cont.

2. Apollo 14
Jan
Experiments on the moon and samples of moon rocks.

3. Apollo 15 July 26th 1971 Long duration moon landings.18 ½ hours
Olivine basalt

4. Apollo 16 April 16th 1972 Landed in the Lunar highlands
71 hours on the moon

5. Apollo 17 Dec. 7th 1972 Final Apollo mission
Apollo 17 also broke several records set by previous flights, including the longest manned lunar landing flight; the longest total lunar surface extravehicular activities; the largest lunar sample return, and the longest time in lunar orbit.

6. Why Stop There?
Loss of interest
Vietnam War

7. Space Shuttle Program First Launch April 12th 1981
Last Launch July 21st 2011
partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft

8. Space Shuttle Program
numerous satellites, interplanetary probes, and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST); conducted science experiments in orbit; and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station.

9. Challenger

10. Columbia

11. STS 135 Atlantis
NASA’s final STS mission.
July 8th 2011