Sunday, July 19, 2009

First The Moon Landing 1969

The Moon Landing


The Apollo 11 Crew

The crew of Apollo 11, from left to right: Neil Armstrong, commander Michael Collins, pilot of the control module, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module driver.

Above is the pinnacle of Apollo 11



The Launch

President Kennedy in his speech to Congress on 25 May 1961, expressed his concern that the U.S. was behind the Soviet Union in technology and prestige. He urged the country to a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

On 16 July 1969, Apollo 11 launched the Kennedy Space Center.

On 20 July 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon. He said that the old saying "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

A camera for the Lunar Module, the TV live coverage of Neil Armstrong climbed the stairs to the surface of the moon.

The Moonlanding

The lunar module "Eagle" is composed of two parts: the phase of descent and ascent phase.

The decline, if the condition of the engine to land on the moon. It has four legs, a space for experimental art, and a ladder to climb to the crew on the surface of the moon. The descent module will provide a platform for launching the module for the promotion, it is time to leave.

The ascent module carried the crew back to the Command Service Module.

Apollo 11 Lunar Module

Walking on the Moon


Walk on the moon, astronauts have to wear space suit with a new laptop to life. The control of oxygen, temperature and pressure in the costume.

On the surface, the astronauts had to be reduced gravity. It can jump very high in comparison with the Earth.

Crews spend a total of two and a half hours on the surface of the moon. While on the surface demoon, has a broad Paletteeine Tuesday sperimentazionences and collected samples ofRocks and soils, which on Earth.

An American flag was on the surface of the moon, like a call for implementation.
Later in the moon, astronauts with the Lunar Rover vehicle to the surface of the moon.


Orbiting the Moon

Command Service Module "Columbia" was composed of two parts. The shape is the cone on the top or side to this picture. The module, which has taken place, the crew of three men. It is the control center during the mission. E 'was also the return of the vehicles back on the earth.

The service module at the base, or in this picture, provided that the capacity of the drive and maneuver the spacecraft.

Returning to Earth

After returning from the atmosphere of the earth, the parachute opened for the safety of the lower Columbia in the Pacific. After landing on the sea, the crew of the helicopter and were in the recovery ship, the USS Hornet.

The crew and lunar samples were placed in quarantine until their health and safety can be confirmed.

The command module "Columbia" returned to the Earth of the 24th July 1969. Apollo 11 was to his mission. The goal von hombresn President Kennedy on the ground or the moon and return safely to Earth was.


Apollo 11 Returning to Earth