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Moon is the natural satellite of the earth. The Moon goes round
the Earth every 27.3 days. It is full of
rocks, pits and hills. We can always only
see one side of the moon; the other side is
always turned away from us.
The Moon is much smaller than the Earth.The Moon is airless, and lifeless. The first man to set foot on the Moon in 1969 was Neil Armstrong.He stepped out of his spacecraft, the Eagle, on 21 July 1969 and said these very famous words:
The crew of Apollo 11 was Neil
Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin
Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin walked on
the lunar surface while Collins remained
in orbit around the moon.
The first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959 by Soviet Union (Russia).
The Moon is much smaller than the Earth.The Moon is airless, and lifeless. The first man to set foot on the Moon in 1969 was Neil Armstrong.He stepped out of his spacecraft, the Eagle, on 21 July 1969 and said these very famous words:
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
The first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959 by Soviet Union (Russia).
