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    Essay On The Space Race

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    1961, President John F Kennedy expressed that he wanted to put the first man on the moon. He felt this was important for the country. After many experiments, Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched into space. The crew of Apollo 11 is Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. The trip took three day time to the moon. On July 1969, Neil Armstrong and his friends became the first man that went to the moon when they all landed on the moon. There is also a theory that stated that this event is a…

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    Two Sides of the Moon The book titled “Two Sides of the Moon: Our story of the Cold War in Space” is the result of a collaboration between an Astronaut and a Cosmonaut. It is a fascinating account of two men from two opposite sides of the space race. In this book, the American astronaut David Randalph Scott’s (Dave Scott) account of the space race is intertwined with the account of Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. The reader learns through the book that Alexei Leonov was actually the first…

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    World renowned astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins hopped aboard the space shuttle Apollo 11. These three men perused their dreams of becoming the first humans to go to the moon. The United States took a drastic move forward in their expedition to get to space, becoming the…

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    Moon Hoax Analysis

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    astronauts head. But on the TV film that was shot from behind the astronauts does not show the flap behind the astronauts head. The second mistake in the footage that they point out is when Apollo 11 is supposedly 130,000 miles away from Earth, Buzz Aldrin shows the very first view ever take of Earth taken on the mission, this seems strange to the writer as he was stood far from the window which causes light reflections that are evident towards the end of the footage. It is believed that the…

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    Moon Landing Real Essay

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    Was the moon landing real or fake? On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 supposedly blasted off and landed two men on the moon. Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. The first theory was that the moon landing was real. According to expert, Tom Kemnitz, Armstrong reported that they landed on the moon from the rocket ship sent into space. Armstrong says, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed” from the moon to NASA this supports that the…

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    assassinated and did not get to witness the event, the mission of the Apollo 11 attained his dream. The Saturn V spacecraft took off from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, with the three man team of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin Jr. The mission had one main goal, which was to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong executed that goal when he stepped foot on the moon. At that point in time, the people in the control…

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    three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins directly towards the moon. Following the launch, on July 20th 1969, America successfully landed on the surface of the moon. (NASA) Once landed Neil Armstrong became the first human to step foot on the moon. Before touching down on the surface, he stated “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (history). America was said to of won the race with that one moment. Till this day, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong’s…

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    In 1961, the American president of the time John f. Kennedy had a dream of having humans land on the moon and on July 20th 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of America, became the first people to walk on the moon’s surface. It was a crucial point in the race as well as History. The Apollo missions helped in the development of technology and science. The USSR attempted many times but were unable to reach…

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    were hoaxes staged by NASA with the aid of other organizations. Here are some reason why:- 1. When the first moon landing was shown on live television, viewers could clearly see the American flag waving and fluttering as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted it. The obvious problem is that there's been no air in the moon atmosphere, and therefore no wind to cause the flag to blow. 2. On any video footage or photograph of the…

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    People have heard about the most famous contributors to space travel such as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. However, the woman who made space travel possible, Katherine Johnson, has not been properly recognized for her contribution to the exploration of space. Johnson was a NASA mathematician who who calculated the trajectories of objects in space. Despite the oppression she underwent because of her race and gender, she was still able to accomplish many feats and refused to be ignored. She was…

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