INST 154: Spring 2020: Schedule

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

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