The lunar
module was
nicknamed
the
Eagle
.
Why is there no blue sky on the moon?
280
The universe
On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first
person to walk on the surface of the moon. He was
joined by Buzz Aldrin. A third astronaut,
Mike Collins, remained in orbit with the
command and service modules.
Men on the moon
What did they do?
Armstrong and Aldrin
spent almost 22 hours
on the moon. About
2.5 hours of this
was spent outside
the
Eagle
, collecting
rock and soil samples,
setting up experiments,
and taking pictures.
What was it like?
Buzz Aldrin described
the moon’s surface
as like nothing on
Earth. He said it
consisted of a fine,
talcum-powder-like
dust, strewn with
pebbles and rocks.
W
e
i
r
d
o
r
w
h
a
t
?
The lunar
module computer
on
Apollo 11
had just
71K of memory. Some
calculators can
now store more
than 500K.
