Man On The Moon In the 1900’s space flight was just a topic of the future. But on June 20th‚ 1969 the US successfully landed a crew of men on the surface of the moon. The moon landing‚ Apollo 11 is considered one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of mankind. The purpose of the moon mission was to beat the Soviet Union in the space race which president at the time‚ John F. Kennedy made sure of. With the Soviets attempting to reach the moon USA’s finest scientists got together and through
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“One small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind” These were the first words said on the moon by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. The Apollo program was a series of rocket launches by nasa to get us to our moon‚ starting with Apollo 1‚ and leading through to 13‚ in this essay‚ you will learn about 3 of the missions. To start‚ apollo 1 was the fateful beginning of the program. Three astronauts‚ Virgil Grissom‚ Edward white and Roger Chaffee were onboard doing a final preflight test. Under
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completed‚ began the long fall back to the planet’s surface. The trip took four days and six hours to complete‚ not long at all after considering that they had to travel at least two thousand twenty-five miles to the moon. After which the two astronauts‚ Buzz‚ and Neil landed on the lunar surface while leaving Collins to orbit above the men. The two men spent a total of twenty-one hours on the moon‚ performing a variety of scientific‚ and instrumental achievements. After the long exhilarating time on the
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us new scientific understanding of climate change‚ of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into a barren landscape. By exploring and understanding Mars‚ we may gain key insights into the past and future of our own world‚” By Buzz Aldrin. We should colonize Mars because it is a place that we could better adapt to and that we are vastly over populating our planet. Changing Mars’ climate is something that humans should accomplish if we are going to efficiently colonize Mars correctly
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The moon landing‚ was it real or was it fake? The first moon landing was back in July of 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the moon. For many people it was a fantastic achievement for others a terrible fraud. From the first day to now there has always been conspiracy theories about the moon landing. Some believe that it never happened‚ that it was a big hoax. Some believe that we have never went to the moon. And others believe that the first moon landing was fake but the many after
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On July 16th‚ 1969 world renowned astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin began their eight day voyage to the moon that would eventually become one of mankind’s greatest achievements. However‚ this tremendous milestone in history has raised ever growing doubt among conspiracy theorists claiming that the live broadcast provided by NASA showing Apollo 11’s lunar module landing on the moon was in fact faked. The conspiracy theory states that the landing actually occurred in an undisclosed Hollywood
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Soviets had the edge‚ the U.S. landed Apollo 11–carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin–at the Sea of Tranquility on July 20‚ 1969. Nixon was president‚ the Vietnam War and its opposition raged‚ and Leonid Brezhnev helmed a stagnant Soviet empire. On the great list of Cold War what-ifs‚ the near-miss of the Bay of Pigs is surely number one. But for all the space nerds out there‚ this one ranks pretty high: What if Aldrin and Armstrong never made it back? This was‚ of course‚ a distinct possibility
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Apollo 11 Author Note This research is being submitted on May 24‚ 2014‚ for Barton Pritzl’s G239 Introduction to Astronomy Course. Apollo 11 American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the moon. About six-and-a-half hours later‚ Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. As he set took his first step‚ Armstrong famously said‚ “That’s one small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” The Apollo 11 mission occurred eight years after
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1960’s Time Capsule SS-310 September 9‚ 2013 I have been summoned to Central Park in New York City. Some of my colleagues were informed about some sort of artifact that was located on the west end of the park. Upon checking out the capsule‚ there is a date inscribed on it for the year of 1969. My colleagues believe that this is a pretty important find and have requested that I come to New York City and be there when the capsule is opened. While I am on my flight to New
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1969 at 9:32am EDT‚ Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral‚ Florida. Astronauts Neil Armstrong‚ Buzz Aldrin‚ and Michael Collins were aboard‚ with Neil being the commander of the mission. The spacecraft traveled 240‚000 miles in only 76 hours‚ entering lunar orbit on July 19. The next day and 1:46pm‚ Eagle‚ the lunar module‚ being manned by Armstrong and Aldrin seperated from the command module. A few hours later‚ Eagle began its descent towards the Moon‚ and at 4:17pm‚ it touched
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