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Space Race Research Paper

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Wow, can you believe it has almost been 50 years since the Space Race. It is just unbelievable, and we still travel to space today. One of the traffic accomplishments we did, was that we were the first to land a man on the moon. It sparked an uprising, and gave our nation great pride. But, in the end, it's thanks to the chivalrous astronauts, the perilous mission, and their legacy, that we succeeded. Now to start things off, the mission wouldn't have been completed without the fearless astronauts. To begin, Neil Armstrong was the lunar module leader of the three(biography.com Editors). He is well known for being the first man on the moon. He also, piloted the Apollo 11 module. Neil learned to pilot before NASA, in the military. Following this, the next man to walk the moon was none-other than “Buzz” Aldrin. But before that he at the time held the longest, most successful space walk. In addition he was also a former military pilot before NASA. But finally, the third member of Apollo 11 was Michael Collins. Even though he didn't participate in the moonwalk, Collins orbited the Earth and commanded the main spacecraft(nasa.gov). Furthermore, the astronaut's …show more content…

It started with Armstrong piloting the lunar module towards the surface. At the same time the computer was starting to overload, trying to do too much(nasa.gov). Neil also had to transfer the spacecraft to another location because boulders were in landing coordinates. After the landing, Aldrin and Armstrong got right to work. Neil was the first to exit and Aldrin close behind. The two explored taking a plethora of photos and materials(nasa.gov). To end it off, Buzz and Neil left the surface and docked back with Collins. But before that they gave tribute to American and pierced the moon with the flag. When they finally came crashing down, the three landed West of Hawaii(nasa.gov). This extravagant mission is something we all need to

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