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“Men on the Moon: How it All Started”
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Those were the famous words from Neil Armstrong when he became the first man to ever step foot on the moon. The moon landing had many important factors, which made it such an extraordinary moment in time.
For this whole event to occur, a well-equipped space shuttle was needed. That shuttle was Apollo 11. The service module contained oxygen, water, and electric power for the command module. During the journey to and from the Moon, Columbia, the main room, similar to a living room, had a space about as big as a large vehicle. It served as main room for the astronauts, a place for working and living. The shuttle also had to be unique, since no shuttle had ever traveled so close to the moon. The Shuttle weighed 525,000 lbs, the most ever for a shuttle at the time of its creation. It was also 363 feet tall, the tallest when it was it constructed, in late 1967 (“About the Spacecraft”). Neil Armstrong was the man who helped NASA unlock many incredible discoveries for decades to come. After serving in the Korean War and then finishing college, he joined the organization that would become NASA (“Neil Armstrong Biography”). Armstrong later said that landing was his biggest …show more content…
In a post-flight press conference, Armstrong calls the flight "a beginning of a new age," while Michael Collins talks about future journeys to Mars. Though that journey to Mars hasn’t occurred yet, Collins and his crew’s journey definitely will help. That mission lead to many other missions. Over the next three and a half years, 10 astronauts will follow in their footsteps. Gene Cernan, commander of the last Apollo mission leaves the lunar surface with these words: "We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind.”(“July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For
“Men on the Moon: How it All Started”
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Those were the famous words from Neil Armstrong when he became the first man to ever step foot on the moon. The moon landing had many important factors, which made it such an extraordinary moment in time.
For this whole event to occur, a well-equipped space shuttle was needed. That shuttle was Apollo 11. The service module contained oxygen, water, and electric power for the command module. During the journey to and from the Moon, Columbia, the main room, similar to a living room, had a space about as big as a large vehicle. It served as main room for the astronauts, a place for working and living. The shuttle also had to be unique, since no shuttle had ever traveled so close to the moon. The Shuttle weighed 525,000 lbs, the most ever for a shuttle at the time of its creation. It was also 363 feet tall, the tallest when it was it constructed, in late 1967 (“About the Spacecraft”). Neil Armstrong was the man who helped NASA unlock many incredible discoveries for decades to come. After serving in the Korean War and then finishing college, he joined the organization that would become NASA (“Neil Armstrong Biography”). Armstrong later said that landing was his biggest …show more content…
In a post-flight press conference, Armstrong calls the flight "a beginning of a new age," while Michael Collins talks about future journeys to Mars. Though that journey to Mars hasn’t occurred yet, Collins and his crew’s journey definitely will help. That mission lead to many other missions. Over the next three and a half years, 10 astronauts will follow in their footsteps. Gene Cernan, commander of the last Apollo mission leaves the lunar surface with these words: "We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind.”(“July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For