The Apollo space program by https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8 On 21 th July 1969 Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. But the race to the moon started eight years earlier. en-us 2019-01-10 16:28:14 UTC 2025-11-10 05:02:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png Between 1969 and 1972, five more Apollo spacecraft and ten more astronauts landed on the Moon. ale_tadi81 https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326856 By Veronica Stevanato

Synopsis: The last Apollo spacecraft to visit the Moon was Apollo 17. It left the Moon on 14 th December, 1972.   ]]> 2019-01-10 16:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326856 Nine years after Kennedy’s challenge. ale_tadi81 https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326857 By Alessia Pizzato

Synopsis: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface of the Moon!  They left an American flag, took photos and collected 21kilos of rocks.

]]> 2019-01-10 16:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326857 It was very dangerous to land on the Moon becauase there are big rocks on the surface. ale_tadi81 https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326859 By Alessia Pizzato

Synopsis: Armstrong and Aldrin had to find an area with no rocks.  Finally Neil Armstrong announced, “The Eagle has landed! He opened the door and collected 21 kilos of rocks.]]> 2019-01-10 16:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326859 On 19 th July 1969 Apollo II began to orbit the Moon. ale_tadi81 https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326861 By Martina Penzo

Synopsis: The Apollo II had two modules, called Columbia and eagle  One astronaut, Micheal Collins had to stay in Columbia and orbit the Moon. The other two astronauts. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, had to get into Eagle and go down to the surface of the Moon. ]]> 2019-01-10 16:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326861 In 1968, the Apollo 8 spacecraft orbited the Moon for the first time. ale_tadi81 https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326862 by Veronica Stevanato

Synopsis: The astronauts took some beautiful photos of the Moon and the Earth. Then after two more Apollo missions, it was time to land on the Moon! ]]> 2019-01-10 16:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326862 NASA called the program to go to the moon "Apollo" ale_tadi81 https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326863 By Alessia Pizzato

Synopsis: Engineers designed a huge new rocket called the Saturn V rocket. Its job was to take a new type of spacecraft – called “Apollo”- into space. The Saturn V rocket 3,000 tonnes. It was as tall as the Statue of Liberty, in New York. ]]> 2019-01-10 16:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326863 The Apollo space program ale_tadi81 https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326864 By Martina Penzo

Synopsis:On 21 th July 1969 Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. But the race to the moon started eight years earlier: on 12 th April 1961, the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to go into space. Then on 5 th May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. President John F Kennedy wanted NASA to send a man to the Moon before the end of the 1960s! Nobody knew how to send a spacecraft to the moon. ]]> 2019-01-10 16:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ale_tadi81/lfnl1y43rjk8/wish/319326864