A race was on to put a man on the moon. President Kennedy had challenged the nation… and on 20 July 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. He said the historic words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”Another astronaut, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, joined him a few minutes later, and together they took photographs of the terrain, planted a US flag, ran a few simple scientific tests, and, the next day, departed. The astronauts left behind a plaque that read: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the Moon – July 1969 AD – We came in peace for all mankind.”

A race was on to put a man on the moon. President Kennedy had challenged the nation… and on 20 July 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. He said the historic words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”Another astronaut, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, joined him a few minutes later, and together they took photographs of the terrain, planted a US flag, ran a few simple scientific tests, and, the next day, departed. The astronauts left behind a plaque that read: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the Moon – July 1969 AD – We came in peace for all mankind.”

SPACE QUIZ

Read the questions and see how many you can answer correctly!

1 Which was the first living creature to be launched into space?

Rabbit

Dog

Mouse

Goat

2 When the astronauts landed on the moon in this spaceship they littered the moon so much that it has been termed as the most “expensive rubbish in history”? What was the name of the spaceship?

Apollo

Voyager

Pioneer

Sputnik

3 From which language did the word galaxy

originate?

Greek

Latin

Russian

English

4 How many stars does the Milky Way galaxy contain?

1,000 million

10,000 million

100,000 million

1,000,000 million

5 Which planet has the most explosive moon in the solar system?

Mars

Earth

Jupiter

Venus

6 What is a meteorite?

Galaxy

Asteroid rock

Comet

Star