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We ve been flies on the wall
dur ing impor tant even ts in his to ry.
Hi, Im Hor ace, and this is
my sis ter , Ma gg ie.
We even watched more than
20,000 workers build the Taj Mahal!
We saw Harriet Tubman
escape from slavery.
We saw Joh annes Gutenberg
inve nt th e p rin ting press.
Nothing could prepare us , though,
for our out- of- this- world
adventure in 1969 . . .
In the 1950s and 1960s, the whole world was excited about space
travel. The United States and the Soviet Union had sent bugs, dogs,
monkeys, and people in to space. But no country had put a person on
the moon yet. The United States wanted to be the first. To do that,
they started the Apollo missions.
No, Horace, its
a launchpad for a
rocket. A BIG rocket.
What are those crazy
people up to now?
Whoa, Maggie! Look at
the size of that thing!
Is that some sort
of jungle gym?
! ! !
! ! !
The Apollo / Saturn V rocket was the tallest of its time.
At feet ( meters), it was about as tall as a 33- story building!
On July 16, 1969, Maggie and I were
buzzing around Cape Canaveral, Florida.
We saw a large group of people camped
out. They all stared at a big metal
tower in the distance.
I had to get a better look, so
Maggie and I flew to the tower.
It stood at NASA's Kennedy
Space Center. Near the top of
the tower, we saw three men in
puffy white jumpsuits. They wore
helmets that looked like fish bowls.
The men were astronauts. They
walked toward a door on the side
of the rocket.
The astronauts had their names
on the front of their space suits:
Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins.
They waved and climbed inside.
I wanted to see what it looked
like in there!
! ! !
The astronauts on the Apollo mission were Neil Armstrong,
Michael Collins, and Edwin Buzz Aldrin.
! ! !
Are you kidding? The one
guys nickname is Buzz.
Hell love having us around!
I think we better stay
out here, Horace.
We dont want to BUG
the astronauts.
We slipped inside the command module, also
known as Co lu m bi a . It was a super- small space.
The astronauts strapped themselves into their
seats, on their backs. They flipped switches,
pushed buttons, and moved levers. They
talked to people on two- way radios.
While Maggie and I were watching
the pretty lights, the door closed.
Then everything began to shake
and rumble. It felt like an
earthquake! I looked at the
astronauts, but they didnt
seem worried. They smiled and
looked up at the blue sky.
I grabbed a seatbelt and
held on tight!
! ! !
The bottom part of the rocket held 203,400 gallons ( 770,000 liters) of fuel.
The fuel was sparked, or ignited, by 318,000 gallons ( 1.2 million L) of liquid oxygen.
! ! !
Um, Maggie?
I think we re blasting
into outer space.
Can you speak up?
Its REALLY LOUD
in h ere!
LIF TOFF!
We zoomed straight in to the sky.
The rocket had three
stages. Stages one
and two fell off
after their fuel
burned up. Stage
three shot us around
Earth one and a
half times. The planet
looked like a bright
blue marble.
After a while, parts of the
rocket fell off! Crazy, right? The
astronauts called the parts stages.
It sure got quiet on
the radio when we
went behind the moon.
! ! !
Apollo traveled 240,000 miles ( 386,243 kilometers) in hours. That's as fast
as going from New York City to Los Angeles, California, in about minutes!
! ! !
Yeah, all com mun ica tion
with Earth is cut off on
the far side of the moon.
Its kind of scary for
a few minutes, isn t it?
After we circled Earth, the engines pushed us farther into space. We flew
for a few days, and then, on July 19, Maggie and I finally saw where we
were heading. The moon! We started orbiting it, and the astronauts got
busy. Buzz and Neil checked on a special vehicle called the lunar module.
They were going to fly it to the moon s surface.
! ! !
The astronauts called the team back on Earth Houston.
NASAs mission control center was located in Houston, Texas.
! ! !
The next day, Buzz and Neil said
goodbye to Michael. They climbed out
of the command module and strapped
themselves into Eagle ( thats what the
astronauts called the lunar module). The
hatch between the two modules closed.
Buzz and Neil pushed buttons and
flipped switches. Then . . . BOOM! Eagle
unlocked from Columbia . And just like
that, we were headed for the moon.
I dont know.
Maybe he needs to stay with Columbia
to make sure it doesnt fly away.
I cant believe they left
Michael Collins behind.
Doesnt he want to go
to the moon too?
Ha! You mean, like
WE'RE doing?
In our EAGLE ?
We glided away from Columbia . The moons surface got closer and closer.
Neil set us down gently, making sure we didnt land on any sharp rocks.
He called back to Earth and said, Houston, the Eagle has landed."
We were by the Sea of Tranquility. But I didnt see any water. What
kind of sea doesnt have water?
Are we really going out there?
I heard the moon is made
of cheese. It probably stinks.
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