Moon landing

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/moon-landing

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the apollo program duration?1961-1972
2. What is the number of crewed lunar landings?6 (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17)
3. What was the Apollo program and why did it happen?The Apollo program was a U.S. space mission that aimed to land people on the Moon. It began because the Cold War made the U.S. want to show it could reach the Moon before the Soviet Union.
4. Who were the astronauts on the first Moon landing?Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins were the three astronauts on Apollo 11. Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon while Collins stayed in orbit.

Geopolitical Rivalry: Competition between nations driven by political and territorial interests, often influencing technological development.
Extravehicular Activity (EVA): Any activity done by an astronaut or cosmonaut outside a spacecraft beyond the Earth's appreciable atmosphere.
Regolith: A layer of loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock, including dust, soil, and broken rock fragments.