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At 10 a.m. CDT, August 12, 1969, Julian Scheer, NASA's Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs, opened the televised Apollo 11 post-flight press conference in the auditorium of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Addressing some two hundred representatives of the news media from the United States and abroad, he said: "Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Manned Spacecraft Center. This is the Apollo 11 press conference. The format today will consist of a 45-minute presentation by the Apollo 11 crew, followed by questions and answers. At this time, I would like to introduce the Apollo 11 crew, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin, Jr."
Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, began the first-hand report to the world of the epic voyage of Eagle and Columbia to the Moon and back to Earth.
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EDT, July 16, when a Saturn V rocket launched Apollo 11 into Earth orbit from Cape Kennedy. After one and a half orbits of the Earth, the third stage of the Saturn V refired to send Apollo on its outward journey to the Moon. Shortly afterward, the command/service module, called Columbia, separated from the Saturn third stage, turned around, and connected nose to nose with the lunar module, called Eagle, which had been stored in the third stage. With Eagle attached to its nose, Colombia drew away from the third stage and continued toward the Moon.
On July 19, Apollo 11 neared and went behind the Moon. At 1:28 p.m. EDT, it fired its service module rocket to go into lunar orbit. After 24 hours in lunar orbit Armstrong and Aldrin separated Eagle from Columbia, to prepare for descent to the lunar surface. On July 20 at 4:18 p.m. EDT, the Lunar Module touched down on the Moon at Tranquility Base. Armstrong reported "The Eagle Has Landed." And at 10:56 p.m., Armstrong, descending from Eagle's ladder and touching one foot to the Moon's surface,
Millions of people all over the world watched as Apollo 11 was launched from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969. Two hours after it left Earth, the rocket Lunar Command and Landing Modules separated from the main rocket, and three days later the crew entered lunar orbit. A day later the landing section separated from the Lunar Command Module and landed on the moon.
The mission Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. The crew members were Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin. Apollo 11 was launched to the Moon on July 16, 1969 and returned to Earth on July 24, 1969 in the Pacific Ocean. They landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. They collected soil and rock samples, and set up scientific experiments. This mission was one of the most significant events in the Space Race between United States and the Soviet Union. The success of the mission stand for the win for the United States in the Space Race. When the crew arrived home, their nation was waiting proud for them. They had won a “battle” in the Cold War. People all over the world still remember the 20th July as the
It was on July 20, 1969 that Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon, and said his most famous words, "That 's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." 45 years later NASA calls the Apollo 11 missions one of the crowning achievements of the 20th century. Started after President Kennedy’s speech to send a man to the moon, NASA had to play catch up in order to beat the Soviet Union and become the first country to land a man on the moon.
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. " The Apollo 11 was to beat the Soviet Union in Space. Another technology was the V-2 rocket from Germany they got. The V-2 rocket was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile.
Where Apollo 13 took place and launched, was at the complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. It happened at 2:13 p.m. EST, April 11, 1970. What had caused it to orbit the moon and come back, was a ciple in the oxygen tank. One thing that happened was on the Apollo 13 spacecraft, a oxygen tank was crippled and they had to orbit the moon and return home. The main event was that for the third time, they successfully lifted off once more, just to run into a problem with the oxygen tank. The people involved (meaning on the Apollo 13) were: Fred Haise, Jack Swigert, and Jim Lovell. It kind of ties in with Apollo 11 because they both went to the moon but, Apollo 11 was made up to beat the Soviet Union in the Space Race by John F. Kennedy. Apollo 13 ties in with the three theme words, Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in these three different ways: Exploration, they explored outer space and learned many new things about plants, if anything grows on the planets, if anything lived there they didn 't know about, etc. Encounter, they encounter many new materials (plastic is one of those things). They had encounter a cripple and the oxygen tank that happened on the Apollo 13. Exchange, they exchanged ideas about what to do about the cripple of the one of the oxygen tank. They were trying to exchange communication on how they were doing in space. A fun fact about Apollo 13 is that it is the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo Space Program. Shortly after the
1. The purpose of the article Man Takes Fist Steps on the Moon by The Times is to announce to the audience the greatest moment of time, which is the moment when Neil Armstrong became the first man to take a walk on the moon’s surface. The interaction that the speaker, audience, and subject develop affects the text in a way that it accomplishes the purpose The Times had, and it also makes the text more interesting.
On July 20, 1969, the lunar module landed. Humanity did itself proud on that day. Until now nothing this big had ever been accomplished. The dream of traveling to the moon was already centuries old when the second World War ended in 1945. The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Apollo 11 would be the mission to achieve the goal that President Kennedy had laid down, with more than five months to spare before the end-of-decade deadline. On July 19, after Apollo 11 had flown behind the moon out of contact with Earth, came the first lunar orbit insertion maneuver. At about 75 hours, 50 minutes into the flight, a retrograde firing of the SPS for 357.5 seconds placed the spacecraft into an initial, elliptical-lunar orbit of 69 by 190 miles. Later, a second burn of the SPS for 17 seconds placed the docked vehicles into a lunar orbit of 62 by 70.5 miles, which was calculated to change the orbit of the CSM piloted by Collins. The change happened because of lunar-gravity perturbations to the nominal 69 miles required for subsequent LM rendezvous and docking after completion of the lunar landing. Before this second SPS firing, another TV transmission was
NASA wanted this first Moon landing mission to pave the way for future Apollo lunar landing missions. The three most prominent names attached to Apollo 11 are Neil Armstrong (Commander), Buzz Aldrin (Command Module Pilot), and Michael Collins (Lunar Module Pilot). Since the spacecraft could not land safely on the Moon and be able to take the men back to Earth, one of the men had to stay in the module and fly it around the Moon until the other men were ready to leave. This was Michael Collins job. While the Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the Moon, they conducted a series of experiments and means of
Three men were in the spaceship to be the first men to walk and travel to the moon. The men’s names were Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Aldrin. More than 5 million people were watching the space launch. At 109:24:19, Armstrong was recorded to take humankind’s first steps on the moon. Apollo 11 was important because it was the mission to let mankind to travel and walk on the planets.
Apollo 11 a was when Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon. It was a race between America and the soviet union. America won the race by being the first one to ever take a step on the moon. It's one of the most important because Neil Armstrong took foot on a different planet that no other country has ever done before. After he stepped
You have probably heard the quote “...one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” by Neil Armstrong. This is what he said when he landed back from the moon. This event is also called Apollo 11. Apollo 11 was an event that took place in the 1960’s when Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins went to the moon. This is a significant event that is still talked about today. These reasons should explain why Apollo 11 is significant in the world today.
July 16th, 1969. It’s a peaceful morning at Cape Canaveral with pleasant temperatures and little wind. All is calm. Suddenly, a tremendous roar shatters the morning as the crew of Apollo 11 blast off toward the moon, riding the biggest rocket ever created. Burning 20 tons of explosive fuel a second, it propels Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins into history. The spacecraft lands four days later on the moon. Millions watched as men took the first steps on a strange place 238,900 miles away, or 9 and ½ times around the earth. After placing America’s flag among the lunar rocks, the Apollo 11 crew lit their engines and headed for the small blue sphere we call home, splashing down safely in the ocean and completing Kennedy’s
July 20th, 1969 marks a day in which American ingenuity provided three men with the opportunity to change history. At 10:56 on the evening of this historic date, one small step for Neil Armstrong, represented “one giant leap for mankind.” Through small television screens, the world witnessed as Neil Armstrong become the first individual to step foot on the moon.
Apollo 11 was a mission sent out from John F Kennedy. Who was the current president at that time. Armstrong was the commander and leader of the mission. The mission they were on was name “Apollo 11”. While they were on the moon they spent their time taking a few pictures and collecting rocks. Armstrong and Collins spent around two hours on the moon before returning to their space shuttle. They headed back towards earth almost a day later. In 1971 Neil Armstrong had retired from NASA forever. He then joined the university of Cincinnati faculty.
In history, one of the greatest achievement known to mankind is the Apollo 11 moon landing. On July 20, 1969, the spaceflight known as the lunar module Eagle, landed the first three humans on the moon (NASA). The first human to step, and leave a footprint on the moon was mission commander, Neil Armstrong. Climbing down the ladder, the words that he said are still reminisced to this day, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” (NASA). The other two who were also part of this accomplishment was the pilot, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins.