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The Space RaceDuring the 1960s there was a race between theUSA and the former Soviet Union to put a manon the moon.
The first person inspace was theRussian Cosmonaut,Yuri Gagarin. Hewas sent up inVostok 1 on April12, 1961 for a 108minute flight.
On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body.
Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong took the “Small Step” into our greater future when he stepped off the Lunar Module, named “Eagle,” onto the surface of the Moon.
He was shortly joined by “Buzz” Aldrin, and the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned 46 pounds of lunar rocks. After their historic walks on the Moon, they successfully docked with the Command Module “Columbia,” in which Michael Collins was patiently orbiting the cold but no longer lifeless Moon.
1969
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight whichlanded the first humans, NeilArmstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin Jron Earth’s Moon on July 20, 1969.
Using the knowledge gained from the previous Apollo missions, NASA decided the Apollo 11 crew would try for a moon landing. Three days after launching from Earth, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin flew the Lunar Module down to the moon's surface.
Apollo 11
The world listened as the astronauts
struggled to find a suitable site to land
the lunar module (the part of Apollo 11
that landed, also known as the Eagle).
Mission commander Neil Armstrong
struggled to find a flat landing site. He
succeeded with just seconds to spare.
When they touched down, their
instruments reported that they had only
about 20 seconds worth of fuel left!
The Lunar Module carried cameras
that allowed Apollo 11 to broadcast
TV pictures of the astronauts
stepping down onto the surface of
the moon, and 600 million people
around the world tuned in to watch
this historic moment.
On this first visit to the moon, theastronauts spent less than three hoursexploring. They had to learn as much asthey could - they even tried out differentways to move on the moon, to see whatwould work best. Buzz even tried kangaroohopping to see if that would be easier thanwalking!
Men on the Moon
Armstrong and Aldrin spend almost 22 hours on
the Moon. About 2.5 hours of this was spent
outside the Eagle, collecting rock and soil
samples, setting up experiments, and taking
pictures.
What was it like?Buzz Aldrin describedthe Moon’s surface aslike nothing on Earth. He said it consisted ofof a fine, talcum powderlike dust, strewn withpebbles and rocks.
Instead of the moon rising, the astronauts saw Earthrising over the Moon’s horizon – it looked four timesbigger than Moon looks from Earth.
There is no air, rain or wind on the Moon, so nothing disturbs the footprints left by the astronauts. The Moon buggies stand where they were left. An American flag was left on the moon's surface as a reminder of the accomplishment
Quotes
Astronaut Neil Armstrong’sFirst words on the Moon were:
“ That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
"Here Men From The PlanetEarth First Set Foot Upon theMoon, July 1969 A.D. We Camein Peace For All Mankind."
The inscription on a plaque leftbehind on the surface of theMoon after the astronautsdeparted.
• "Hello Neil and Buzz. I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval room at the White House, and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. I just cannot tell you how proud we all are of what you have done. For every American, this has to be the proudest day of their lives." President Richard Nixon congratulates the astronauts on being the first men to walk on the Moon
Quotes
"Houston, Tranquility Basehere. The Eagle haslanded."
Neil Armstrong tellsNasa's Mission Controlbase in Texas that theEagle landing modulehas reached the Moon'ssurface on July 20, 1963
"Roger, Tranquility, wecopy you on the ground.You got a bunch of guysabout to turn blue here.We're breathing again.Thanks a lot!"
Capsule CommanderCharles Duke expressesthe relief of MissionControl after nerves weretested during anunexpectedly complicateddescent to the Moon.
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LO: To write a newspaper report about the Moon landing.
