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Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong is the first human to set foot upon the surface of the moon and famously said, "This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon and how did it occur?
The first astronaut in space was Alan shepherd, while Yuri Gagarin is the first cosmonaut in space. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
What did neil Armstrong leave behind?
Neil Armstrong's boots were left on the moon along with nine other pairs of boots. They were left so that the moon rocks could come back. Weight issue.
How much more gravity is on earth than on the moon?
Gravity works on Earth by pulling all the things to the center of the Earth. For example if you throw a stone in the air it will not fall into the orbit but it would come back to you focusing on you as the center of gravity. On the moon gravity is one sixth of what it is on Earth so, if you walk, jump or throw a stone in the air it would be hard for it to land down and come back to same place as from where it was launched. same with your weight....
weight on Earth: 60
Then weight on moon: 10 (1/6 of 60 or weight on Earth)
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What did Neil Armstrong have to do with the space race?
neil armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon but russia had the first man in space so we were in a compitition
Why did NASA name the spaceships Apollo when they were going to the Moon?
The name for the early spaceflight programs were chosen by the NASA managers in charge. Abe Silverstein is credited with naming Apollo, after the Greek god of light and music, mainly because he thought of it as bringing the "light of knowledge" to man.
The USSR space program was more straightforward in their Moon probes, naming them Luna (Lunik).
Who was the president at the time of Apollo 11 landing?
The president during Apollo 11 was Richard Nixon.
Did Neil Armstrong go on any missions after Apollo 11?
No. Well it depends how you phrase your question, he was famous before his trip to the moon by all the test drives on rockets and shuttles he did. So he went to the moon after he was famous.
Who was the first to do the moon walk?
Marcel Marceau is the first performer known to have used the Moonwalk technique in dance.
When was the first walk on the moon by men?
Neil Armstrong descended the ladder and placed his left foot on the surface of the moon at around 10:56pm eastern time on July 20, 1969. Buzz Aldrin followed him to the surface about 20 minutes later. The two men spent about 2 hours on the surface.
What is Apollo 11 lunar module?
A lunar module is a small craft that is used as an orbiting spacecraft and to travel between the moon's surface. It was the first man-made vehicle that was able to leave outside the earth's atmosphere.
How did Neil Armstrong breath on the moon?
Enough to proceed with the mission and safely return to Earth. However due to some miscalculations in their descent phase, when they finally touched down on the lunar surface, their fuel level was reported to be as low as 25 seconds at the standard fuel burn rate for the descent.
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On the Apollo 11 Mission what was written on the plaque that was left behind on the moon?
HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH
FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON
JULY 1969 A.D.
WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND See the below link for an image of this plaque, which was attached to the Lunar Module Eagle.
What kind of person was Neil Armstrong?
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the Mission Commander on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and was the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20th, 1969. He is known for his famous quote, spoken just after he stepped out on the moon's surface: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
He was an astronaut that first stepped on the moon and was the first person to walk on the moon, on July 20, 1969
Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue University and served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he logged over 900 flights. He later completed graduate studies at the University of Southern California.
A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs, Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962, and made his first space flight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. On this mission, he performed the first docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott.
Armstrong's second and last space flight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent two and one-half hours exploring, while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module.
Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon along with Collins and Aldrin, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, and the Congressional Gold Medal with his former crewmates in 2009. Armstrong, died in Cincinnati on August 25, 2012, at the of age 82, due to complications from blocked coronary arteries.
How do astronauts move on the moon?
The moon has gravity. The amount of gravity is proportional to the mass of an object and (inversely proportional to the) distance from the center of mass. The moon has a mass of about 1/87 that of Earth. However the surface of the moon is much closer to the center of the moon than the surface of Earth to the center of the Earth, the force of gravity is about 1/6 of that on Earth. After trial and error, the astronauts found it easiest to hop or leap instead of walking on the moon. Keeping on foot on the moon all the time was just harder with little gravity of the moon.
Is there a Michigan Flag on the moon?
No. If you look at the moon with the naked eye on Earth, you see craters that look very small. However, the craters are very large, and larger than the American flag Neil Armstrong placed. Because the size difference from Earth effects the size of the craters from the naked eye, you would not be able to see the flag. In fact, from the moon looking back to earth, you can see no man-made structures at all. The distance is too far. Also, the flag was knocked flat by the force of the lunar module's take-off from the surface.
What was the name of the lunar module that landed at Tranquility Base?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969 and the name of their lunar module was Eagle. "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed". is what the first words from the lunar surface back to Earth were.
How many hours did Astronauts spend on the Moon surface before the Eagle took them back to Earth?
That's a hard number to state with any real accuracy. The first three missions took place on foot, making the walked distance slightly easier to chart, but the final three had LRV's, so while they certainly did walk quite a bit, the distance was not captured or recorded.
the following distances were taken from NASA's history website (see Related Links below)
A-11: 1km (3,300 ft)
A-12: 2.3 km (7600 ft)
A-14: 4 km (13,100 ft)
A-15 [LRV]: 27.9km (15.1 nautical mi)
A-16 [LRV]: 26.9km (14.5 nautical mi)
A-17 [LRV]: 35.7km (19.3 nautical mi)
Total walking distance: 7.3km (4.5 statute mi)
Total driving distance: 90.5km (56.2 statute mi)
Total combined traverse distance: 97.8km (60.7 statute mi)
Who was the Last man to step foot on the moon?
There are two ways to answer this question. The twelth person, out of a total of twelve moonwalkers, to walk on the moon was Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, LMP of Apollo 17. In doing so he became the last person to step foot on the moon, but he was not the last man to ever stand on the moon.
Due to NASA's flight rules, Gene Cernan, as Commander of the mission, was the first to exit the LM at the beginning of each EVA and the last to reenter the LM at the end of each EVA. This makes Gene Cernan the eleventh man to step foot on the moon, but the last person to stand on the moon.
As a side note, when Jack stepped off the LM landing pad onto the moon's surface he became the first (and, so far, only) geologist to ever explore a celestial body, other than the Earth, in person.
US Astronaut Dr. Harrison Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) who departed the lunar surface on December 17, 1972 (UTC). Schmitt and Eugene Cernan, the lunar EVA crew for Apollo 17, spent 6 days on the moon, from December 11 to December 17, 1972.
Who was born on August 24 1930?
Tennis player Brad Gilbert, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and actress Amy Stiller. Plus a lot of other people, I expect.
Who were first 5 people to walk on the moon?
Apollo 11:
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin Apollo 12:
Pete Conrad
Alan Bean Apollo 14:
Alan Shepard
Ed Mitchell Apollo 15:
Dave Scott
Jim Irwin Apollo 16:
John Young
Charlie Duke Apollo 17:
Gene Cernan
Harrison Schmitt
The first people to walk on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Who was with the first men who walked on the moon in 1969?
There is a technical answer to this which is very complex. There is another answer for this that is also appropriate but not very technical. The first and subsequent moon landings (and one near miss!0 were the result of at least 10 years of determined and calculated effort on the part of literally thousands of like minded individuals who felt it was their mission to accomplish the astronomical feet of safely landing, and returning earth people to the moon. People of ALL walks of life participated in and shared the glories and frustrations of this event. At least 3 U.S. Astronauts lost their lives while making this attempt (Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee on Apollo 1 while on launch pad tests). It would be safe to say others gave their lives as well in support of what they determined to be a noble and worthwhile endeavor! There were others in the race, notably the Russian Cosmonauts, many who also gave their lives in pursuit of a dream.
