Kn 6 Ls 7 Exploration of the Moon

welcome to CK knowledge 6 lesson 7

exploration of the Moon our purpose for

listening today is to describe the

experiences of the first

astronauts see if you can describe the

first landing on the moon and listen

carefully to understand the word

determined can you say

determined remember the study of outer

space is called

astronomy think in your head which two

countries were in a space

race that was the United States of

America and

Russia think in your head did the first

astronauts who went to space land

anywhere did the first astronauts who

went to space land

anywhere no they were launched into

space

orbited the Earth and landed back on

Earth what celestial body is close

enough to Earth to

visit that's the moon listen carefully

to identify the steps scientists took to

find out what the trip would be like

before sending astronauts to the moon

this was the president of the United

States many years ago in

1961 the president of the United States

John F Kennedy announced that the United

States would send astronauts to the Moon

within 10 years this seemed impossible

to many people but President Kennedy and

the NASA scientists were determined to

succeed thus they started the Apollo

program in order to send people to the

moon but there was a lot of work to be

done before anyone could get anywhere

near the moon surveyor 1 was the first

spacecraft Americans sent to the moon

but it was an unmanned spacecraft that

is a spacecraft without any people

aboard the purpose of surveyor 1 was to

survey or study the moon's surface it

carried equipment to study the land

temperatures and other things NASA

scientists needed to know before sending

people the Apollo program involved many

missions or jobs the first mission of

Apollo 1 was a disaster the spacecraft

caught on fire before they had a chance

to launch it after that however the

Apollo scientists had many successes

first there were unman missions to test

various Rockets this picture shows

Apollo for an unmanned mission to test a

rocket engine this is the type of engine

that would eventually carry men to the

Moon next came man missions or missions

with people but these astronauts did not

get to go to the Moon instead they were

practicing and testing equipment to make

sure everything would work properly this

photo shows the crew of the Apollo 7

mission

finally on July 16

1969 Apollo Le was launched from Kennedy

Space Center in Florida there were three

astronauts aboard Neil Armstrong Michael

Collins and Buzz Aldren this picture was

taken shortly before they went on their

historic Mission it took four days for

Apollo 11 to travel from Earth to the

Moon during the launch the astronauts

were sitting in the very top of the

rocket once it reached outer space the

part they were in broke off from the

rocket and continued towards the moon

the rocket was not needed once the ship

reached outer

space Michael Collins was the pilot for

the Command Module which drove the lunar

module close to the moon but did not

actually land there the lunar module

called the eagle was attached to the

Command Module during the journey from

Earth to the Moon once they got close

enough to the Moon however the eagle

broke off from the Command Module and

landed on the surface The Command Module

orbited the moon as Buzz Aldren and Neil

Armstrong descended or went down towards

the surface of the

Moon this is Mission Control where NASA

scientists on the ground talk to and

helped astronauts in space meanwhile as

the eagle approached the surface

hundreds of scientists back at Mission

Control were watching their computers

nervously to make sure everything went

as planned there is little room for

error or mistake in space travel the

NASA scientists monitored every single

part of the ship making sure every fuse

and wire was working properly

at the same time people all over America

were glued to their television sets

watching the news also nervously waiting

to see what would happen the eagle was

equipped with television cameras so

everyone back home could see and hear

everything that was happening

239,000 miles away on the Moon the Moon

landing excited people all over the

world

it took longer than expected but finally

Neil Armstrong announced the famous

words the eagle has

landed great size of relief and cheers

went up from mission control and in

living rooms Across

America Next Neil Armstrong prepared to

leave the eagle and step out onto the

moon this picture shows what Americans

back home saw on their television sets

as you can see in the picture was not

very clear but if you look closely you

can see Armstrong about to set foot on

the moon's surface Armstrong stepped

down and landed on the fine soft dust of

the Moon surface with his first step he

said that's one small step for a man one

giant leap for

mankind he meant that he himself had

taken a small step from the Eagle's

ladder to the moon but that step

represented a huge leap in terms of the

advances humans had made by landing on

the moon Buzz Aldren followed Armstrong

down the ladder both astronauts wore

special space suits designed to endure

the harsh temperatures of the moon's

surface the astronauts conducted

experiments to help future astronauts

and scientists the the first thing they

noticed was their Mobility or how

different it felt to walk and move

around the moon has very little gravity

compared to Earth here on Earth when you

jump up you come straight back down not

so on the moon when you hop on the moon

you stay up for a few seconds and come

down rather

slowly the astronauts collected samples

of the moon's dust and rocks then they

planted an American flag in the moon's

soil they had prepared the flag

beforehand by inserting wires in it so

that it would be firm but appear to be

waving even though there is no wind on

the moon five more Apollo missions

landed successfully on the moon after

that first mission in the end the Apollo

Astronauts brought back a total of

842 lbs of moon rocks many of these

rocks are on display in museums around

the world Apollo 17 launched in

1972 was the last mission to reach the

moon nobody has returned to the moon

since hm what did you learn share with a

friend something you learned about NASA

and the missions to the Moon try these

sentence starters NASA sent unmanned

missions to the Moon because

or I think going to the moon

was have fun sharing with a friend see

you back here next time