July 16th 1969. Humans walk on the moon
As an end to our topic of Earth and Beyond, class 3 watched the replays of the historic moon landing on 1969. Following this they then 'pretended' to be journalists trying to capture the moment and report it to the world.
The 'Eagle' lander on its way to touchdown on the surface of the moon.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Alrin are the first people to go to the moon. It took them 4 days to get there, and is 218,000 miles above the earth. It is hard to believe that people can really go to the moon.
Armstrong and Aldrin landed today, watched by millions of people around the world. Armstrong said as he stood on the moon, "This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
Thousands of people were controlling the rocket, and cheered when the rocket landed.
Report by Chelsie
Buzz Aldrin photgraphed by Neil Armstrong (reflected in Aldrins Helmet) on the surface.
Picture is Copyright NASA
Man landed on the moon on July 20th 1969. The two first men on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. The craft they landed in was called the Eagle. There were thousands of people that controlled the take of and landing, and if anything had have gone wrong then they would not have found out about the moon.
The first thing that Neil Armstrong said was "Houston, Tranquillity base here. The Eagle has landed", and then "This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".
They were 218,000 miles above on a silent dead rock. Two men being watched by the world.
Report by Briony
How the Evening Standard reported the story to the world the following day.
Picture taken from BBC Online - Moon landing feature
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