into space before. Neil Armstrong‚ Edwin Buzz Aldrin Jr.‚ and Michael Collins. They where all main parts and important to this mission. The men were sent off in space on July 16‚ 1969 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The place they landed in was the Sea of Tranquility. A camera in the eagle watched live as Armstrong went down the ladder onto the moon on July 20‚ 1969. Armstrong also said the words‚ “That’s one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong was the
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greatest accomplishments for America. This event is right at the top of the list with events such as The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Obama becoming presedent in 2009‚ and the Emancipation proclamation of 1863. On July 16 of 1969 three men‚ commander Neil Armstrong‚ Command module pilot Michael Collins and lunar module pilot Edwin ”Buzz” Aldrin launched inside of a rocket‚ with 7.5 million pounds of thrusting upward into space to make as Buzz Aldrin once said “One
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F. Kennedy petitioned congress for $7 billion to $9 billion dollars for the space race and to successfully send a man to the moon and bring him safely home. In roughly eight years‚ NASA was able to produce the desired results when on July 20‚ 1969 Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.”
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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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The Space Race 1960’s‚ It was an important part of the Cold War.The Soviet Union did whatever it took to tell the U.S. that they were better. They decided to become the first people to step on the moon. The U.S. found out and went to work on it right away‚ but the movie studios? Yep‚ the U.S. was trying to claim that they were the first ones on the moon.The Soviet Union on the other hand was actually trying‚ but failed. They broadcasted the “moon landings” all across the world‚ which made the Soviet
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Melissa McIsaac Professor Marc Thackray English 1000 December 4‚ 2013 Anansi Boys: The relationship between brothers Charlie and Spider Neil Gaiman ’s Anansi Boys tells a coming of age story of protagonist Charlie Nancy as he is influenced by his brother‚ Spider‚ who he meets after their father ’s sudden death. Throughout the novel‚ Gaiman develops Charlie as a shy character who is afraid to put himself out there into a self-confident trickster who learns to be comfortable in his own skin through
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On July 16‚ 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
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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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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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Moon Hoax: or did We Jump Over the Moon On July 20‚ 1969‚ Neil Armstrong will take the first steps on the moon. The motivation for this great achievement derived from the speech President Kennedy gave urging America to make it to the moon before the end of the decade. There was only one organization within the government capable of doing such a task‚ that was NASA. Once NASA got the funding they would immediately start planning the mission to get to the moon. This wasn’t as easy as it sounded.
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