Chapter 1

Background

During the cold war (between Russia and U.S.A) on April 12 1961, a russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, was the first man to exit Earth’s atmosphere in the spacecraft Vostok1.

On May 1961, in respones to the Russian success, the U.S president John F. Kennedy declared that he believed that the U.S nation should achieve the goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him to earth safely.

Chapter 2

Meet The Characters:

The Astronauts

Michael Collins

Michael Collins was born in October 31, 1930, in Rome, Italy. Collins was a Major General in the US Force.

During his NASA career, Collins completed two space flights,and was 266 hours in space – 1 hour and 27 minutes of this was spacewalking.

Buzz Aldrin 

Buzz Aldrin was born in January 20 1930, New Jersey. Aldrin was a pilot and flew in the Korian War.
In 1963, he was chosen by NASA for their next mission.

buzz lightyears from Toy Story Named after him.

Neil Amstrong

Neil Armstrong was born on August  5 1930, Ohio.

Armstrong joined NASA in 1955 and served their for 17 years.

In this period of time, he became the first man walking on the moon.

CHAPTER 3

THE STORY

on July 20, 1969, for the first time ever, people have landed, and walked on the moon.

On July 16 1969, 8 years after Kennedy speech,

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida in order to make history, and become the fisrt humans to land on the moon.

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Question about the video:

1. What did he mean by “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”?

2. Who was shown as the first one stepping on the moon?

3. What did he mean by “the eagle has landed”?

The First Landing on the Moon quizlet

The video we made…

Question about the video:

1. What does the theory explained in the clip says?

2. What reason the US government has to fake the landing on the moon?

3. Why there is no possibility of wind on the moon?

4. What are the reason provided to the population to believe in this theory?

5. Why it didn’t make sense when it was shown that the shadows fell in different directions?

questions about the book:

1. What was the background to the US goal to land a man on the moon ?

2. Who made the US declared about her new goal?

3. How many years pass from the declared until the landing ?

4. How many astronauts were in this project and what their names ?

5. How many hours was Michael Collins in space during his life?

Bibliography :

URL: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/14/us/michael-collins-fast-facts/index.html

URL: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html

No known photographer, the man on the moon, picture/ truth or tale website

URL : http://truthortale.weebly.com/moon-landing.html – photo

NACA photographer, photograph : the three astrunauts / from the article: “Apollo 11 Remembered 48 Years On” / dave, Jul 20th. 2017

URL: http://www.davidreneke.com/apollo-11-remembered-44-years-on/

Photo from Vi-an Nguyen article : Poignant Photos of the American Flag Through History, JUNE 14, 2017

URL: https://parade.com/22196/viannguyen/poignant-photos-of-the-american-flag-through-history/ – cover photo

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