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INST 154
Apollo At 50
Spring 2020
Schedule


Session Date Topic Read Before Class Due by 6:15 PM Materials Used in Class Online Class Session
1
Jan 28
The Apollo Program    
1
 
2
Jan 30
The Cold War in 1961
2
 
2
 
3
Feb 4
NASA Before Apollo
3
 
3
 
4
Feb 6
The Decision to Go to the Moon
4
 
4
 
5
Feb 11
Congressional Support
5
Case Study Selections
5
 
6
Feb 13
The Mode Decision
6
 
6
 
7
Feb 18
Contracting: Command Module
7
National Air and Space Museum
7
 
8
Feb 20
Contracting: Lunar Module
8
 
8
 
9
Feb 25
Contracting: Saturn V
9
Case Study Reading List
9
 
10
Feb 27
Launch Operations
10
 
10
 
11
Mar 3
Mission Operations
11
Case Study Report
11
 
12
Mar 5
Astronauts
12
 
12
 
13
Mar 10
Gemini: Rendezvous and Docking
13
Mid-Semester Feedback
13
 
14
Mar 12
Gemini: EVA
14
Team Project Status
14
 
Mar 17
Spring Break        
 
Mar 19
Spring Break        
 
Mar 24
No Class        
 
Mar 26
No Class        
15
Mar 31
Lunar Science
15
Team Project Status
 
15
16
Apr 2
The Apollo 1 Fire
16
   
16
17
Apr 7
Apollo 8: Lunar Orbit
17
Team Project
 
17
18
Apr 9
Apollo 11: Lunar Landing
18
   
18
19
Apr 14
Apollo 12: Precision Landing
19
Term Paper Topic
 
19
20
Apr 16
Apollo 13: Abort
20
   
20
21
Apr 21
Apollo 15: Lunar Rover
21
 
21
22
Apr 23
Apollo 17: A Geologist on the Moon
22
Term Paper Outline
 
22
23
Apr 28
Sputnik and Vostok
23
   
23
24
Apr 30
Voskhod, Soyuz and Zond
24
   
24
25
May 5
The Soviet Lunar Landing Program
25
   
25
26
May 7
Making Meaning
26
Term Paper Draft
 
26
27
May 12
Term Paper Discussion
27
   
28
11:59 PM
Sunday May 17
No Class  
Term Paper
   
Doug Oard
Last modified: Sun Apr 26 14:53:44 2020