1. The Moon Landing
The day was July 20, 1969 and the first human had walked on the moon. ... Each flight held two men, and was designed to test new NASA systems and engineers. During less than two years of manned space flight, Gemini's astronauts spent well over 950 hours in space, and established a stable method of docking. ... This successfully ended the USSR's Zond program to land a Soviet on the moon, and their hopes at beating the United States to the moon. ... Finally, on July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 and her crew of two landed on the moon. ...
- Word Count: 989
- Approx Pages: 4
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School