The United States and The Soviet Union were in a cold war at the time of Apollo 11. One major part of the cold war was the “Space Race” The Space Race was a race between the United States and the Soviet union to see who could further space exploration in the larger degree.
In the early 1960s people would say that the soviet union clearly had the upper hand in the “space race”. President Kennedy's goal would help the United States regain the “upper hand”
Both countries wanted the achieve Kennedy’s goal. The president's goal was to have man on the moon by the end of the decade.
The Rocket was called Saturn V. (The V in the rocket's name stands for Roman Numeral FIVE) The Rocket was near the height of a Thirty-Six story building. Nasa.gov writes that Saturn V is 18 meters taller than the Statue Of Liberty. It was also a whopping 6.2 million pounds. This is the weight of about four-hundred Elephants according to Nasa.com. The first time Saturn V was used was for the Apollo 4 Mission. Twelve minutes after liftoff, they are already in Earth's orbit. …show more content…
The device started to sound alarms...it was nothing that was a huge concern, just the computer being overworked. They landed in the Sea Of Tranquility. America was nervous for Astronauts. The had only about Thirty Seconds of fuel left when they landed on the moon.
Armstrong radioed back to Houston “The Eagle has Landed”. Houston Mission Control broke in a large celebration. “You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we’re breathing again” was told to the astronaut trio by a mission control employee.
Neil Armstrong was worried about the landing portion of the mission, he said “The unknowns are rampant” and “There were a thousand things to worry
In the early 1960s people would say that the soviet union clearly had the upper hand in the “space race”. President Kennedy's goal would help the United States regain the “upper hand”
Both countries wanted the achieve Kennedy’s goal. The president's goal was to have man on the moon by the end of the decade.
The Rocket was called Saturn V. (The V in the rocket's name stands for Roman Numeral FIVE) The Rocket was near the height of a Thirty-Six story building. Nasa.gov writes that Saturn V is 18 meters taller than the Statue Of Liberty. It was also a whopping 6.2 million pounds. This is the weight of about four-hundred Elephants according to Nasa.com. The first time Saturn V was used was for the Apollo 4 Mission. Twelve minutes after liftoff, they are already in Earth's orbit. …show more content…
The device started to sound alarms...it was nothing that was a huge concern, just the computer being overworked. They landed in the Sea Of Tranquility. America was nervous for Astronauts. The had only about Thirty Seconds of fuel left when they landed on the moon.
Armstrong radioed back to Houston “The Eagle has Landed”. Houston Mission Control broke in a large celebration. “You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we’re breathing again” was told to the astronaut trio by a mission control employee.
Neil Armstrong was worried about the landing portion of the mission, he said “The unknowns are rampant” and “There were a thousand things to worry