The first men on the moon Michael Collins

The first men on the moon Michael Collins Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin

Apollo 11 l l The first spacecraft to land men on the moon was the US Apollo 11. It took off in July 1969 and travelled through space for 3 days before landing on the moon.

Landing on the moon l l l Lunar Module There were 3 men on the Apollo 11. 1 man (Michael Collins) stayed in the Command Module which orbited the moon. The other 2 men set off to explore the moon in the Lunar Module.

Safe Landing The Lunar Module flew down slowly to land on the moon. l Nobody knew what the surface would be like. l They were very relieved that the spacecraft didn’t sink! l They found that the surface of the moon was firm. l

Spacesuits There is no air on the moon so the astronauts needed to be protected. l They wore special spacesuits like this one. l

First steps l l The hatch opened and the first man on the moon stepped out! His name was Neil Armstrong. The second man then stepped onto the moon! His name was Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong took this photograph of Buzz Aldrin. The men only had 1 camera between them and Neil took most of the photographs.

Working on the moon l l Neil and Buzz worked hard on the moon collecting samples of rock and dust for scientists on Earth to study. They also took lots of photographs like this photo of earth.

Back to Earth! l l l When their job was done they fired the rocket engines of the Lunar module to rejoin the Command Module. Then the crew set off for home in the Command Module leaving the Lunar module behind. 2 and a half days later Apollo 11 splashed down safely in the pacific ocean.