Buzz Aldrin

seek out adventure and excel past others. The flight was launched on July 16, 1969 and landed July 24, 1969. Apollo 11 was the first space flight to land humans on the moon. The aircraft carried three people, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. The objective of the mission was to land on the moon and then return to earth. This spaceflight was seeking exploration and that is exactly what America did. There were many complications involved to landing on the moon, but that did not…

Apollo 11 “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” –Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969. This now famous phrase was uttered by Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon. Apollo 11, the mission that landed Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon’s surface, was a huge success for the United States of America and all of mankind. Apollo 11 was the result of an amazing advancement in space technology in such a short amount of time. The first American in space, Alan…

If there is no wind on the moon then why is the flag waving? This topic has been unanswered for many years “Did we really go to the moon.” Some people say we did, some people say we dint but we’ll never know the truth. There are many videos about NASA going to the moon but could it have all been staged? Why is the flag waving on the moon? If you go to the internet and look up “Flag on the moon” it will show pictures of the American flag but why is it waving? If there is no wind in space the…

That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong contributed to an event that is one of the biggest events in the history of civilization. On the other hand, Neil Armstrong is more than what people thought of him, an astronaut. Along with being an astronaut, he is also a professor, United States Naval Aviator, voice actor, test pilot, Naval Officer, and aerospace engineer. Neil Armstrong’s courage to be the first man on the moon affected American culture forever.…

In sumary, there were lots of questions to be answered before they could achieve that goal. The article I read spend several pages talking about these questions and their solutions. The mission Apollo 11 put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon soil on July 20, 1969. And this was one of the most importante days for the Human Race. As stated on the article, “NASA eventually spent $24.5 billion on the apollo programo f 16 unmaned missions and 12 manned missions. A total of…

1969, led by president John F. Kennedy. He said, "Landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" was a national priority. His inspiring speech started the race to the moon. The crew was made up of three members, Neil Armstrong, "Buzz" Aldrin, and Micheal Collins. and who were highly skilled and trained well. These three men were the first Americans to land on the moon. The Apollo Program was the project…

Kennedy also used pathos to show the people the importance of joining the space race. At the beginning of his speech he talks about how: Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this Nation’s own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole, despite that, the vast stretches of the unknown and the unanswered and the unfinished…

Born on October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy, Michael Collins is sometimes known as a the “Forgotten Astronaut” of the Apollo 11 mission. As a child, he lived in Oklahoma, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Puerto Rico. Finally, he settled in to attend school in Washingtion D.C. He graduated from Saint Albans School in Washington D.C. and received his Bachelor of Science in 1952 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He worked for the US Air Force flying F-86 fighter jets…

The Saturn V, a sixty-ton rocket, launched on July 16, 1969, with the astronauts in-cluding Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong. (McConnel, 24). Exactly three days and fifty-eight minutes into the launch, the shuttle finally entered into lunar orbit around the moon. Expressed by the author, the lunar orbit brought the crew closer to the ultimate destina-tion…

and twenty hours while orbiting the earth 163 times (Taylor 131). However, the goal presented by President JFK in 1961 that “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon” was not fulfilled until July of 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made it a reality (Cayton 224).…