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    the first person to walk and get all the way to the moon. Neil Armstrong created the inspiration for people to do what they want to do, he persisted to innovate overcoming the doubt, it was possible, and illuminated the world by giving them inspiration to do their own thing. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He created the Possibility so other astronauts to could walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong’s footprint is still on the moon (biography.com editors). Other cosmonauts might want

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    earth’s moon is one that is truly unique. With a given age of about 4.5 billion years the Earth serves a major role in real life and in the book Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. When catastrophe strikes, Earth takes a turn for the worst and great natural disasters occur. Thousands die, but there are a number of survivors. If there are survivors, how beneficial is the moon actually? What would happen if the moon had been destroyed? How necessary is it for human survival? The Moon, is a great

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    1610 on the 7th of January four moons, called the Galilean moons were discovered by Galileo Galilei. Using his homemade telescope he observed them for many nights, he drew notes and recorded the movement in a journal (Figure 3). Ganymede is one of the largest, most well-known moons of Jupiter and it is also the largest satellite in our solar system. It is larger than Mercury and Pluto, and three quarters the size of Mars. If Ganymede didn’t orbit Jupiter as moon it would easily be classified as

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    The Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos were discovered in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall who was working for the US Naval Observatory at the time. Using the largest telescope at the time, the USNO 66-cm refracting telescope, he was able to visually see Phobos and Deimos. Hall on the suggestion of Henry Madan, Science Master of Eton College, used Homer’s Illiad, to name the two moons Phobos meaning Panic or Fear and Deimos meaning Terror or Dread. Phobos and Deimos being the attendants or sons

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    Eight Phases Of The Moon

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    The moon is the planet Earth’s only natural satellite and is one of the largest in the Solar System. This natural satellite was not formed long after Earth about 4.5 billion years ago. The gravitational forces continue to keep the moon in orbit of Earth. Even though it appears so, the moon does not physically produce light but it does reflect light from the sun (which is why we are able to see it). It takes our Moon 27.3 days to completely cycle through the Lunar month, which has eight phases. Through

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    that landed humans on the moon. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on the Moon while Michael Collins stayed in the Command Module. On the surface, Armstrong and Aldrin spent two and a half hours collecting samples, taking pictures, and exploring the surface of the moon. After they got their samples, they placed a three by five feet American flag on the moon, a plaque that said, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 20, 1969 A.D. We came

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    thousand years ago in the fifth century the Mayans came out with the first calendars. There are three types of basic calendars that are being used today they are solar, lunar and the lunisolar/solilunar calendars. A solar calendar can be identified by the Sun. This calendar is also based on Earth’s orbit around the Sun. “Lunar calendars are based on the moon rotation around the Earth. This type of calendar is used usually for religious dates or purposes” (InpaperMagazine 2013). On the other hand

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    and they surprise themselves. It was July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin had been the first men to step foot on the moon. Apollo 11 had began on July 16 they launched into the sky at 9:32 and into the Earth’s orbit, after one and half orbit they had the “go” or as they call it “Translunar Injection” meaning it’s time to head towards the moon. Three days go by and they enter the lunar orbit, another day has gone by Armstrong and Aldrin enter the lunar module (Eagle) ready to set

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    the surface of this new satellite. After the new satellite was created it was being pulled around a planet which we know as our home planet Earth. Have you ever wondered about how the craters on the moon were created. Like that rabbit that everybody sees but yet I can't!There are many different types of hypothesis on how the moon's craters . But today I will try to recreate how the moon’s craters were created or formed. You're probably saying as you read this “Didn't he say there are many different

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    Neil Armstrong, an American Astronaut and Aeronautical engineer, became the first person to step on the moon on July 21, 1969. Neil Armstrong, also is known for his famous quote when stepping on the moon “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Armstrong first discovered his love for space and flight at a young age when his father took him to an air show. After the air show, Armstrong set a goal to become a pilot. He managed

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