During the 1960s there was a race
between the USA and the former Soviet
Union to put a man on the moon. The
USA landed the first man on the moon
with
Apollo 11
in 1969.
Moon journey
Apollo 11
reached the moon because
of a huge rocket called
Saturn V
.
Most of
Saturn V
contained the fuel
needed to blast it into space. Three
astronauts sat in a tiny capsule at
the top of the rocket.
What was
Apollo 11
?
Apollo 11
was made up of three
modules, or parts: the tiny
command module, the service
module, and the lunar module.
How many astronauts have walked on the moon?
278
The universe
Command
module
The service module
contained the power
and life-support systems.
Earth
3
The command and service
modules separate from the
rocket and perform a 180° turn.
10
The service module
is ejected before re-entry
into Earth’s atmosphere.
11
The command
module is the only
part of the mission
to return to Earth.
2
The rocket’s engines
fire to set the craft on
a course to the moon.
1
Five F1 engines
blast the
Saturn V
rocket into space
from the Kennedy
Space Center.
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