| Session
| Date
| Topic
| Assignment
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| 1
| Aug 31
| The Apollo Program
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| 2
| Sep 2
| The Cold War
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| 3
| Sep 7
| NASA Before Apollo
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| 4
| Sep 9
| The Decision to Go to the Moon
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| 5
| Sep 14
| The Mode Decision
| Case Study Selections
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| 6
| Sep 16
| The Command Module
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| 7
| Sep 21
| The Lunar Module
| Case Study Reading List
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| 8
| Sep 23
| The Saturn V
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| 9
| Sep 28
| Launch Operations
| Draft Case Study
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| 10
| Sep 30
| Mission Operations
|
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| 11
| Oct 5
| Astronauts
| Case Study Report
|
| 12
| Oct 7
| Gemini Part 1: Rendezvous and Docking
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| 13
| Oct 12
| Gemini Part 2: EVA
| Team Project Status 1
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| 14
| Oct 14
| Lunar Science
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| 15
| Oct 19
| Apollo 1 and 7: Testing in Earth Orbit
| Team Project Status 2
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| 16
| Oct 21
| Apollo 8: Lunar Orbit
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| 17
| Oct 26
| Apollo 9 and 10: Testing the Lunar Module
| Team Project
|
| 18
| Oct 28
| Apollo 11: Lunar Landing
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| 19
| Nov 2
| Apollo 12: Precision Landing
| Term Paper Topic
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| 20
| Nov 4
| Apollo 13 and 14: One Mission Flown Twice
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| 21
| Nov 9
| Apollo 15 and 16: Exploration
| Museum Tour
|
| 22
| Nov 11
| Apollo 17: A Geologist on the Moon
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| 23
| Nov 16
| Sputnik and Vostok
| Term Paper Outline
|
| 24
| Nov 18
| Voskhod and Soyuz
|
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| 25
| Nov 23
| Soviet Lunar Programs
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| Nov 25
| Thanksgiving
|
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| 26
| Nov 30
| Doing Big Things
| Term Paper Draft
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| 27
| Dec 2
| NASA After Apollo
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| 28
| Dec 7
| Term Paper Discussion
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| 29
| Dec 9
| Mars
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| 28
| Dec 14
| No Class
| Term Paper
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