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Which Apollo blew up on the launch pad?
Apollo 1
| Spacecraft properties | |
|---|---|
| Rocket | Saturn IB AS-204 |
| Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-34 |
| End of mission | |
| Destroyed | January 27, 1967 23:31:19 UTC |
Did you know that Neil Armstrong?
1) Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon during the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Apollo 11 mission on 20th July 1969. He completed the mission alongside co-pilots Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins.
What did Neil Armstrong bring back from the moon?
The Apollo 11 crew, the first moon walkers, brought a silicon disc the size of a 50-cent piece to leave on the moon. It contained “goodwill messages” from leaders of 73 countries written in tiny letters etched on the disc.
How did the Apollo 11 astronauts get their stuff to the Moon?
Armstrong, standing inside the LM in his space suit, opened two valves to bring the cabin pressure down to zero, then opened the hatch to the outside. The astronauts took the boxy PLSS packages, which they’d detached from their suits, and pitched them out the door with gloved hands (later lunar explorers found it more effective to use their feet).
Why do astronauts take off their suits after a moonwalk?
After a moonwalk they reversed the process, only taking off their suits when the LM pressure had been brought back up to normal. The next generation of moon lander will rectify this, adding an airlock as a “mud room” where astronauts can enter and exit while others lounge unprotected inside the craft.
Who believes in the hoax that the Moon landing was fake?
Other hoax believers tend to be those who supported the idea of the faking of the moon landing around the time when it was most popular in the decade following the landing. Although the conspiracy that the moon landing was faked is a widely known idea, only 6\% of U.S. citizens today believe in it.
How many pounds of samples did Apollo collect from the Moon?
During this exploration, they deployed two experiments as part of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiment Package and collected 21 kilograms (46 pounds) of lunar samples for return to Earth. The Lunar Module (LM) was launched from Earth in a compartment of the Saturn V, below the command and service modules.