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TOPIC: America on the Moon INTERVIEW SUBJECT: Genevieve Dougherty and Steve Bruemmer "The Eagle has landed."President Kennedy challenged Americans to be the first to land on the moon. In preparation, NASA sent and tested an unmanned Apollo mission into space in 1966. Four Apollo missions were sent to the moon in the span of the years 1968 and 1969. These missions tested landing, took men to the dark-side of the moon, and orbited Earth's moon. The mission of landing on the moon would not take place until July of 1969. 9:32am, July 16th, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center with three men aboard, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin Jr. July 19th the Apollo 11 entered into lunar orbit. Two hours later the Apollo 11 began it's descend onto the moon's surface, 4:18pm July 19th Apollo 11 landed on the moon. At this moment Neil Armstrong stated one of his most famous lines to the Houston Mission Control, "The Eagle has landed". However, this was not his greatest quote, for at 10:56pm, moments before placing his left foot onto the white surface of the moon Neil Armstrong said: "That's one small step for a man, and one giant leap for mankind." Before lifting off from the moon on July 21st 1969, an American flag was planted into the grounds of the powdery moon's surface. 1:54pm July 21st Apollo 11 lifted off for it's 240,000 miles journey back to Earth. 500,000,000 people witnessed America landing on the moon. Around 3,000,000,000 people could not see the landing because they did not have TVs or because Communist China and Russia were not showing the historical event. On July 24th the Apollo 11 safely landed into the waters of the Pacific Ocean at 12:51pm. Making America the first country to safely and successfully land on the moon.

Questions For Genevieve Dougherty: (1) How old were you when America landed on the moon? I was about 43 years old (2) Where were you when we landed on the moon? We were actually in Perrault Lake Falls Canada for vacation when we heard about it, so the news did go world-wide as far as I know. (3) Before America landed, the Soviet Union sent a missile Satellite to space. What was America's reaction. Did you even know they sent out a satellite? As far as I know we didn't know anything about the satellite before it was sent into space and it was a surprise to find out that they had something going like that. (4) What was the media coverage of NASA like before, during, and after we landed on the moon? We knew they were testing rockets for many years so that was not a surprise. And of course President Kennedy when he was in office at the time was the one who initiated going on the ship to the moon. They didn't have as much publicity as we would have if it happened now. We had radio and TV and after the spaceship landed there was constant, all day long, how they were getting there and what they were doing almost every step of the way there was an announcement at some time and almost total coverage all day at all times. (5)What was the public's reaction to landing on the moon? They were so excited because we had gone through the wars and everything. First the depression then world war two, korean war, and vietnam war. All those things made us upset but once we landed on the moon it was sort of a break through from these tough times. (6) What was the immediate impact of landing on the moon? How has it impacted us today? Well today we have went out further into space, back in those days we barely knew anything about space and now we have dozens of movies about aliens since then. We have received a ton of information about space now than we did before because we had a reason to discover space; so that we might visit it again.Questions For Steve Bruemmer 1.How old were you when America landed on the moon? 21 2.here were you when we landed on the moon? At Dartmouth College 3.hat was the media coverage of NASA before during and after landing on the moon? There was a lot of hype before. I watched the landing on a big screen TV. There were lots of interviews afterwards. 4.hat was the public’s reaction of landing on the moon? Excitement and pride 5.efore America landed on the moon the Soviet Union sent a missile satellite to space what was America’s reaction? Did you even know there was a satellite? I didn’t know there was a satellite. 5.at was the immediate impact of landing on the moon and how has it impacted us today? At the time we were very proud of the U.S. There’s not really an impact now.

REFLECTION:Recently NASA sent the last man to the moon. That was the impact of the first man landing on the moon in 1969. I had no idea that the Soviet Union sent a satilette into space, that was really the reason America started exploring space. It also ended the "space war" during the cold war, because America won the race. The impact was has lasted until today. First people started to get more interested in space and now we have discovered more planets and information about space. This was an important event in American history.