Earths Satelite
On 16 July 1969, as half a million people gathered near Cape Canaveral, Florida. Their attention was focused on three brave astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Who lay strapped on to the Apollo 11 spacecraft bolted atop a Saturn V launch vehicle. Then at 9:32 A.M., the Apollo 11 crew fired the 200,000 pound thrust Saturn rocket to escape the earth's gravitational field. Early Saturday afternoon they reported, "Houston, tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed." Six and one-half hours later, after donning a protective suit and life-sustaining backpack, Armstrong climbed down and set foot on the lunar surface, saying, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." 39 years after The United States first landed on the moon many skeptics and true believers alike have dedicated thousands of research hours going over the countless moon landing pictures, videos and artifacts brought back from the numerous Apollo missions, in order to prove if......
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