What was the differences in the space shuttles used in the apollo missions?

Question

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Answer 1

the main difference lol was that in the apollo missions they used a saturn 5 rocket which was not reuseable at all. Check the NASA site im sure youll find a wealth of info there

Answer 2

The Apollo mission did not use space shuttles, as we had not acquired space shuttle technology in the late 60's and early 70's. They used a 3 man capsule and it was appropriately called the Apollo capsule. The Apollo capsule had a large cylinder, or you could call it a 4th and final stage attached to it in the back that housed the oxygen and other important life sustaining gases along with a single rocket cone. Between the Apollo capsule and forth stage it was named the command module or CM. While in space in orbit around the earth the astronauts had to maneuver the CM to the LM or Landing Module. The CM and LM went on and coasted to the moon. All the Apollo space craft had to do was coast to what is called a translunar coast. This is where the earth’s gravity is lesser than the moons gravity and the moons gravity takes over. Once the CM and LM were in lunar orbit, the two astronauts who stepped on the moon, craw into the LM and detach from the CM. The CM is manned by the third astronaut and remains in lunar orbit. We knew way ahead of time where we wanted to land on the moon so they scouted for the spot on the moon to land (this is the part I am not sure I remember) and it was known to astronomers as the Sea of Tranquility. The Sea of Tranquility was picked because it its smooth surface and it was thought to be safe for the astronauts to walk. There was lots of fears, fears that they might sink or that the moon dust was much thicker than they thought. I could go way much further with this but it would be two pages long or longer. If you are a techno minded person who really wants to know everything about our moon landing then there is a book from NASA called Twenty Years of Space. These twenty years are the years from 1949-1969. It covers every facet of all Americas early space accomplishments before the Space Shuttle. This will give you an excellent idea as to what the Mercury and Gemini space capsules looked like that they used in earth orbits before Apollo. Help I helped.

Edit update: I have found this book on ebay before and its cost would not rob you. Just a thought.

Answer 3

the apollo space crafts were used for landing on the moon, the space shuttle is just for docking to the ISS, so the apollo missions had to use enough pressure to push them all the way to the moon, and keep them orbiting while they are there, the space shuttle just has to dock to the ISS, then they can turn it off for a while. The ISS is a lot closer than the moon, so it doesn't take as much fuel. Also, the space shuttle is nice and spacious, the apollo missions, they had to cram into a little capsule and sit in there for like 3 days or something. Here is a picture of how small the capsules are
http://www.deafhoosiers.com/sci/calypso/DSC_0035b-2007.jpg
http://www.hankkarl.com/Pictures/KennedySpaceCenter/CRW_0813_TC.JPG
...Trust me, i've been in a capsule, they are small and cramped!!!

Answer 4

The Apollo missions were launched into space on top of the Saturn V rocket. The space shuttles came along a lot later.

Answer 5

Space Shuttles were designed after the Apollo program. The first Space Shuttle to fly in space was Columbia in 1981. The last moon walk was in December 1972.

Answer 6

The moon landings were made with the Apollo space craft. That was before the first shuttle was built. Google this and you will find lots of info.

Answer 7

The Apollo missions were, for the most part, launched atop a Saturn V launch vehicle.
Some of the Earth orbit test flights were launched atop a Saturn 1B. Soyuz comes to mind, along with Skylab.
The Shuttle is an orbiter... It can't leave Earth's orbit.

Answer 8

The apollo missions used a Saturn v Rocket and returned to earth with a parachute and the space shuttles are what they are,,

about the Saturn V;

http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/visitKSC/NASAtours/apolloSaturn.asp

http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/saturn.html

Saturn V image gallery

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/kippsphotos/saturn5.html

Space Shuttles

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html


http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/list_main.html


http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&&q=space+shuttles

Answer 9

The main difference is that the multi-stage configurations are different.
Both of them are powerful rocket engine.
Another difference is that it represents the art of rocketry in different eras.
You had asked the same question twice.