apollo 11

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After 19 minutes, Buzz Aldrin joined Armstrong and together they spent 2 hours exploring the lunar surface. During exploration During the exploration they gathered samples of from the surface to return back to Earth. They also took photographs of the terrain and planted the U.S flag and ran a few simple scientific tests and got to speak with President Nixon via Houston. Fun fact: one of the astronauts also swung a golf club on the moon

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At 1:11 A.M the two men were done exploring the moon. They had described the moon had a distinct smell like "spent gunpowder" and "wet ashes". On the moon there are permanent footprints from the astronauts that are etched in the talcum like dust. At 12:56 A.M on July 22, Apollo 11 began its journey home; safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:50 P.M on July 24.

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At 9:32 AM EDT on July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center. It took about 3 days for the rocket to get to the moon, 240,000 miles from the Earth to get to the moon. On July 19 at 4:17 P.M. the "eagle" which is what they called the rocket landed on the moon.

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In conclusion, those three astronauts are still recognized to this day to be the first human to step foot on the moon. First in the picture on the top right, President Richard Nixon welcomed them back to earth and congratulated them on the successful mission. (the astronauts are in a Mobile Quarantine) Secondly, in 2009 President Barack Obama chatted with the Astronauts (from left: Buzz ALdrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong) in the White House. That must have been a really extraordinary thing to witness.

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My powerpoint is on Apollo 11 which is the first man on the moon.

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On July 16, 1969 three astronauts sat in the rocket waiting to take off to achieve a major goal for the United States. They were: Neil Armstrong, a 38-year-old civilian research pilot, was the commander of the mission (on the left); Michael Collins who never stepped on the moon but stayed in the Command Module while his his partners walked on the planet and circled the moon till ready to leave the moon (the middle); Buzz Aldrin, who was 39 years old at the time was the second person to step foot on the moon.

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On July 24, 1969 the landing from the moon and back to earth was a huge success for The United States. It was a day of celebration for the workers of NASA who helped making Apollo 11 happen. This was just the beginning of space travel. The success showed the people around the world can work together for a common purpose. It proved that what can be dreamed can be achieved. Former President John F. Kennedy was the one who came up with this idea because the Soviet Union was beating them in the space travel race.

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When the astronauts landed on the moon, Armstrong radioed to the Mission Control in Houston, Texas saying: " The eagle has landed." At 10:39 P.M. they opened the hatch of the lunar module. Neil Armstrong started to descend down the ladder from the rocket and a television camera was attached to the rocket that recorded everything and beamed the signal back to earth. When he planted his feet on the moon's surface, he spoke his famous quote: " That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."