who was the first astronaut to go on moon
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the first of 12 human beings who walked on the Moon. Four of America's moonwalkers are still alive: Aldrin (Apollo 11), David Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17).
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- Commander Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to go on moon.
- Apollo11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed on Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on july20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC.
- Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours 39 minutes later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
- They spent about tow and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft , and collected 47.5 pounds of lunar materials to bring back to the earth.
- At a site they had named tranquility base upon landing, before lifting off to rejoin Columbia in lunar orbit.
- The Apollo spacecraft had three parts : command module(CM) with the cabin for the three astronauts, the only part that returned to the earth.
- Service module( SM), which supported the command module with population, electric power, oxygen, and water.
- Lunar module(LM) that had two stages - descent stage for landing on the moon and as ascent stage to place the astronauts back into the lunar orbit.
- Before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.
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