First man on the moon

                                                                  This month I am going to be writing about incredible journeys and today i'm going to be writing about the first man on the moon.

The first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong he arrived on the moon with the rest of his crew on the 20th of July 1969 at 20:18 they spent two and a half hours there while collecting rock samples. The crew left on July 16th it took four days to get to the moon and four days to get back to earth.

Their lunar module eagle consisted of two parts: the descent stage and the ascent stage. The descent provided the engine used to land on the moon. It had four legs, a storage space for experimental gear and a ladder for the crew to climb onto the moon with. It also served as the launch platform for the ascent module when it was time to leave. The ascent module carried the crew back to the command service 'Columbia.'

Columbia also consisted of two parts: the command module and the service module. The command module is the cone at the top which held the crew, it was the command station during mission it was also the re-entry vehicle for returning to earth. The service module at the bottom provided the propulsion and manoeuvring capability for the space craft.

After re-entering the earths atmosphere parachutes opened to safely lower the crew into the pacific ocean. After landing the crew was taken by helicopter to the recovery ship 'USS hornet.'