Apollo11

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Apollo11

• The 1st Space Mission to Land a Human on the Moon

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Goals for Apollo 11

• The primary goal was to land astronauts on the
  Moon and land them safely back on Earth.
• The secondary goal was to carry out scientific
  studies of the lunar environment
• Those were both a success
• In fact Apollo 11 was the first space mission to
  land a human on the Moon safely

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Neil Armstrong

• Neil Armstrong was one of the astronauts that was
  on Apollo11.
• He was the first to step on the Moon.
• He was the mission commander on Apollo11
• Quote on the Moon was one small step for man one
  giant leap for mankind.
• 1056 pm Neil takes historic first step
• After Apollo11 he went to teach at the University
  of Cincinnati
• In 1986 he served on the commission that studied
  the Challenger disaster.

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Michael Collins

• Commander module pilot (Columbia)
• Never stepped on the Moon he was orbiting the
  Moon waiting for the eagle
• After leaving NASA he went to work at the state
  department.
• 1 year later he moved to the top of the job at
  the National Air and Space Museum.

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Buzz Aldrin

• Lunar module pilot (Eagle)
• 2nd to step on Moon
• After Apollo11 he took a tour of duty in the Air
  Force and ran his own company
• His old boss from NASA hired him to work on the
  space shuttle

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Times and Dates

• Apollo11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center
  at 9 32am on July 16,1969.
• Landed on Sunday, July 20, 1969 with the eagle
• They spent 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, and 18
  seconds on the Moon.
• At 154pm on July 21 Eagle leaves moon with
  Columbia

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Apollo11 Launching
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What They Did on the Moon

• They took pictures
• They set up experiments such as the seismic
  experiment which measured lunar quakes and meteor
  strikes
• They walked and explored the surface
• They discovered that a laser reflector bounces
  laser beams from Earth back to their source

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What They Saw on the Moon

• They walked on the Moon for 2 hours and 32
  minutes
• At the Sea of Tranquility they saw thirty miles
  from rocky highlands

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See the Moon as Neil Armstrong Saw It!

• Click on picture to journey to the moon!

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Eagle and Columbia
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• Apollo 11 used two parts one that orbits the Moon
  and one that lands the astronauts on the Moon
• Eagle was the lunar module
• It was 22.9 feet tall and 32,000lb
• Columbia was the command module
• It was 10.6 feet tall and 12,251lb
• 1251pm July 24,Columbia splashes in the Pacific
  Ocean
• The Total mileage round trip was 477,710

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By Austin