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Apollo 11 Moon Landing: A Little Astronaut’s Guide

Do you have any budding astronauts at home or in your classroom?

Then you probably already know that 20th July 2019 will be the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. To celebrate, we’re partnering with Lonely Planet Kids, who are running a fantastic competition to win a bundle of exciting prizes worth £185!

This competition has now ended! Thank you for all of your entries!

50 yearsmight seem like a long time ago, but we can still see the effects of the Moonlanding today. Have you ever used a joystick to play a video game? They werefirst built for the Lunar Rovers. NASA also created the first cordless toolsfor their astronauts to use in space.

We’ll be sharinglots of exciting posts about the Moon landings that kids can enjoy at home andat school, so be sure to check in with the blog.

To kickthings off, we’ve put together a timeline of all the important things thathappened to make the Moon landing possible. Perhaps it will give the littleastronomers in your life a few ideas on how to launch their own exciting spacemissions?

12th September 1959 -Russian spacecraft Luna 2 became the first spacecraft to reach the Moon. Itcrashed there, but it’s okay; it was unmanned, meaning no-one was inside.

4th October 1959- Luna 3, anotherRussian spacecraft, took pictures of the far side of the Moon; that’s the sideyou can’t see from Earth, because its always facing away from us. Before Luna 3took pictures, we didn’t know what it looked like!

May 25th 1961– The President ofthe United States, John F Kennedy promised to put a man on the Moon by the endof the decade and launched the Apollo programme.

27th January 1967- An accident causeda fire on Apollo 1. Sadly, all three astronauts in the spacecraft died. NASAspent months making sure the accident wouldn’t happen again.

9th November 1967 - Apollo 4 was an unmanned test ofthe big Saturn V rocket; it flew up into orbit around Earth before coming backdown and splashing down into the Pacific Ocean.

22nd January 1968- Apollo 5 was a testof the Lunar Module, the part of the spaceship that would land on the Moon.Apollo 5 was unmanned too.

4th April 1968- Apollo 6 was thelast unmanned mission. The engines had some problems which meant that piecesfell off the spaceship as it took off. NASA fixed the problems before the nextlaunch.

11th October 1968- Apollo 7 was thefirst Apollo mission to take men into space. They tested the spaceship in orbitaround Earth, and appeared on television before they came home.

21st December 1968- Apollo 8 was thefirst mission to go to the Moon. They didn’t land, but they did go around theMoon ten times before coming home.

3rd March 1969- Apollo 9 went tothe Moon too, testing out the Lunar Module as they flew around the Moon.

18th May 1969- Apollo 10 was thelast practice before the real thing. This time, the Lunar Module flew down tothe Moon, but didn’t land.

16th July 1969 -Apollo 11 launchedfrom the Kennedy Space Center, taking Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and MichaelCollins to the Moon.

20thJuly 1969 - Neil and Buzz landed on the Moon whileMichael remained in orbit. Neil was the first man to walk on the Moon. When hestepped out of the Lunar Module, he said, “That’s one small step for a man, onegiant leap for mankind."

How many people do you think watched the moonlanding on TV?

(scroll down for the answer!)

14th December 1972- Apollo 17 leavesthe Moon. It was the last Apollo mission and the last time that anyone walkedon the Moon.

2024 - Artemis 3 will be the nextspaceship to take people to land on the Moon. Who do you think should be thefirst person to walk on the Moon in over 50 years?

Use the Social Hashtag to share your thoughts: #Apollo50th

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ANSWER: It is estimated that 600 millionpeople around the world watched the moon landing on TV!

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Apollo 11 Moon Landing: A Little Astronaut’s Guide

Do you have any budding astronauts at home or in your classroom?

Then you probably already know that 20th July 2019 will be the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. To celebrate, we’re partnering with Lonely Planet Kids, who are running a fantastic competition to win a bundle of exciting prizes worth £185!

This competition has now ended! Thank you for all of your entries!

50 yearsmight seem like a long time ago, but we can still see the effects of the Moonlanding today. Have you ever used a joystick to play a video game? They werefirst built for the Lunar Rovers. NASA also created the first cordless toolsfor their astronauts to use in space.

We’ll be sharinglots of exciting posts about the Moon landings that kids can enjoy at home andat school, so be sure to check in with the blog.

To kickthings off, we’ve put together a timeline of all the important things thathappened to make the Moon landing possible. Perhaps it will give the littleastronomers in your life a few ideas on how to launch their own exciting spacemissions?

12th September 1959 -Russian spacecraft Luna 2 became the first spacecraft to reach the Moon. Itcrashed there, but it’s okay; it was unmanned, meaning no-one was inside.

4th October 1959- Luna 3, anotherRussian spacecraft, took pictures of the far side of the Moon; that’s the sideyou can’t see from Earth, because its always facing away from us. Before Luna 3took pictures, we didn’t know what it looked like!

May 25th 1961– The President ofthe United States, John F Kennedy promised to put a man on the Moon by the endof the decade and launched the Apollo programme.

27th January 1967- An accident causeda fire on Apollo 1. Sadly, all three astronauts in the spacecraft died. NASAspent months making sure the accident wouldn’t happen again.

9th November 1967 - Apollo 4 was an unmanned test ofthe big Saturn V rocket; it flew up into orbit around Earth before coming backdown and splashing down into the Pacific Ocean.

22nd January 1968- Apollo 5 was a testof the Lunar Module, the part of the spaceship that would land on the Moon.Apollo 5 was unmanned too.

4th April 1968- Apollo 6 was thelast unmanned mission. The engines had some problems which meant that piecesfell off the spaceship as it took off. NASA fixed the problems before the nextlaunch.

11th October 1968- Apollo 7 was thefirst Apollo mission to take men into space. They tested the spaceship in orbitaround Earth, and appeared on television before they came home.

21st December 1968- Apollo 8 was thefirst mission to go to the Moon. They didn’t land, but they did go around theMoon ten times before coming home.

3rd March 1969- Apollo 9 went tothe Moon too, testing out the Lunar Module as they flew around the Moon.

18th May 1969- Apollo 10 was thelast practice before the real thing. This time, the Lunar Module flew down tothe Moon, but didn’t land.

16th July 1969 -Apollo 11 launchedfrom the Kennedy Space Center, taking Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and MichaelCollins to the Moon.

20thJuly 1969 - Neil and Buzz landed on the Moon whileMichael remained in orbit. Neil was the first man to walk on the Moon. When hestepped out of the Lunar Module, he said, “That’s one small step for a man, onegiant leap for mankind."

How many people do you think watched the moonlanding on TV?

(scroll down for the answer!)

14th December 1972- Apollo 17 leavesthe Moon. It was the last Apollo mission and the last time that anyone walkedon the Moon.

2024 - Artemis 3 will be the nextspaceship to take people to land on the Moon. Who do you think should be thefirst person to walk on the Moon in over 50 years?

Use the Social Hashtag to share your thoughts: #Apollo50th

Print

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How manypeople do you think watched the moon landing on TV?

ANSWER: It is estimated that 600 millionpeople around the world watched the moon landing on TV!

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