Destination moon

The moon is earth’s nearest neighbor in space.

Travel time: it would take three days by rocket; 200 days, if it were possible, to go there by car.

Weather: two weeks of extreme heat followed by two weeks of freezing cold (two weeks of daylight and two weeks of darkness).

*When he earth comes between the moon and the sun, its shadow falls on the moon.

*The lunar module in which they landed on the moon was named after a bird of prey.

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• There is no life on the moon as there is no air or water.
• Ocean tides are caused by the pull of the moon.
• Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He was followed by Edwin Aldrin.

Important days

a)      20 July 1969 the date on which Armstrong and Aldrin set foot on the moon.

b)      Michael Collins: the name of the third crew member of Apollo 11, who was busy working in the craft while Armstrong and Aldrin stepped onto the moon.

c)      Sailors of the stars: the meaning of Greek word astronaut – a man or woman who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.

Did you know that the moon

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1)      Is about quarter of the size of earth!

2)      Does not have a smooth surface like earth.

3)      Has no water!

4)      Have many mountainous areas, whish some peaks as high as mountain Everest!

5)      Has dark patches known as seas, because many years ago astrometry thought they contained water!

Did you know your weight on the moon would be different from your weight on earth?

Your weight on the moon will be one sixth of your weight on earth. So, if you weight 30 kg on earth, you will weigh only 5kg on the moon!