Apollo 11

The first moon landing took place on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon while Michael Collins orbited above in the command module. Armstrong's famous words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," were broadcast to millions watching back on Earth.

The literary device used in this sentence is an oxymoron, which juxtaposes contradictory ideas ("small step" and "giant leap") to create emphasis and impact.

The first moon landing took place on July 20, 1969.

The Apollo 11 mission was funded by the United States government through NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). The mission cost approximately $355 million in 1969.

Lots of science, potentially solving the mystery of the moon's origin. They proved that humans can live and work in the harsh environment's outside the earth's atmosphere. They proved the US as a technological powerhouse and gave a huge boost to US national pride.

The O2 tank 2 temperature scale stopped working (or so the crew thought), reading off scale high. It turned out the sclae was working fine. The temperature inside the tank had reached nearly 1,000 deg F, but the scale only read up to 100 deg F.

The Apollo 11 mission was developed by NASA, the United States space agency. It was led by Project Apollo, a program initiated by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 with the goal of landing humans on the Moon.

Apollo 11 was made by NASA, with the spacecraft consisting of three parts: the command module, service module, and lunar module. Each module was meticulously designed and constructed by engineers and technicians, with rigorous testing conducted to ensure safety and reliability for the historic mission to the Moon. The spacecraft was launched using a Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, setting the stage for the successful lunar landing on July 20, 1969.

The Apollo missions landed on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. The six successful missions all landed in different locations on the Moon's surface, with Apollo 11 being the first mission to land humans on the Moon in 1969.

On July 20, 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 mission successfully landed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on the moon. Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, famously stating "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." The astronauts collected samples, conducted experiments, and planted the American flag before safely returning to Earth.

The third member of Apollo 11, Michael Collins, remained in the command module orbiting the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon's surface. Collins played a vital role in the mission by piloting the command module and ensuring a safe return journey for the crew.

Total mass: 46,678kg

Commaned module: 5,960kg

Service module: 24,360kg

Lunar module: 16,448kg (descent stage: 11,463kg, ascent stage: 4,985kg)

When building the Apollo spacecraft, there were numerous limits to avoid.

Firstly, the weight of the spacecraft had to be within a certain limit. If the equipment or spacecraft were too heavy, the Saturn V could not propel the spacecraft fast enough to reach the moon.

Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to land on the moon on July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission. He famously stated, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," as he became the first human to walk on the lunar surface.

The journey of Apollo 11 to the moon was a historic and perilous mission that involved launching into space, navigating through the vastness of the cosmos, and ultimately landing on the lunar surface. The astronauts faced challenges such as zero-gravity conditions, intense radiation, and the risk of mechanical failure, but their meticulous training and teamwork helped them successfully achieve their goal of landing on the moon and returning safely to Earth.

The third astronaut in Apollo 11 was Michael Collins. He stayed in lunar orbit in the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon's surface.

The Apollo 13 mission experienced an oxygen tank explosion, causing it to be aborted. The crew performed critical emergency procedures to conserve power, oxygen, and water as they navigated back to Earth. They safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and were successfully recovered.

It proved a soft landing was possible, and that the lunar surface would support the weight of a lander. There was some concern the lunar surface might be of such thick and fluffy dust as to allow a lander to sink into it.

The Apollo Lunar Lander can not land on the Earth, as it is designed to land on the Moon where the gravity is only 1/6 as powerful.

Also, the Lunar Lander would burn up upon entering the Earth's atmosphere. Unlike the Command Module, it had no thermal protection.

The overall manned missions were called the Soviet Moonshot. Inside the Soviet Moonshot, there was the lunar orbiter program, which was called Proton/Zond, and the landing program, called N1/L3.

Apollo 11 was in 1969, so it is 42 years old.

An estimated 600 million people watched the Apollo 11 moon landing live on television.

The manned Apollo missions launched atop a Saturn V rocket to get into Earth orbit. After a couple orbits to get everything configured they performed what is called a TLI (Trans Lunar Injection) burn using the CSM (Command Service Module) engine and coasted through cislunar space between the Earth and the moon for three days.

Once they arrived at the moon they performed a second burn of the CSM engine, called the LOI (Lunar Orbit Insertion) burn. This parked them in orbit around the moon. Two of the astronauts on board, the Commander, or CDR, and the Lunar Module Pilot, or LMP) entered the LM (Lunar Module) and separated from the CSM, leaving the Command Module Pilot, or CMP, alone in orbit. The LM then performed its own engine burn to reduce speed and eventually land on the moon.

The LM was built in two halves. When the ground mission was over, the CDR and LMP separated the Descent stage of the LM from the Ascent stage, fired the engine, and lifted off from the moon's surface, leaving the Descent Stage on the moon. Once there they reconnected with the CSM, disconnected the LM (which then either crashed into the moon or entered a long period orbit about the sun, depending on the mission), and performed a TEI (Trans Earth Injection) burn, once again using the CSM engine.

After another three day coast through cislunar space, the CMP disconnected the Command Module from the Service Module exposing the heat shield on the bottom of the CM, entered Earth's atmosphere, and splashed down into the ocean to be recovered by the US Navy.

According to the Planetarium's website, the sample was collected on the Apollo 15 mission.