First Children Encyclopedia

During the 1960s there was a race

between the USA and the former Soviet

Union to put a man on the moon. The

USA landed the first man on the moon

with Apollo 11 in 1969.

Moon journey

Apollo 11 reached the moon because

of a huge rocket called Saturn V.

Most of Saturn V contained the fuel

needed to blast it into space. Three

astronauts sat in a tiny capsule at

the top of the rocket.

What was Apollo 11?

Apollo 11 was made up of three

modules, or parts: the tiny

command module, the service

module, and the lunar module.

How many astronauts have walked on the moon?

278

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Command

module

The service module

contained the power

and life-support systems.

Earth

3 The command and service

modules separate from the

rocket and perform a 180° turn.

10 The service module

is ejected before re-entry

into Earth’s atmosphere.

11 The command

module is the only

part of the mission

to return to Earth.

2 The rocket’s engines

fire to set the craft on

a course to the moon.

1 Five F1 engines

blast the Saturn V

rocket into space

from the Kennedy

Space Center.

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