apollo 11
...Ohio, on March 25, 1928. He would have been commander of the mission. Fred Haise was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on November 14, 1933. He would have been the lunar module pilot. Both crews were able to do this mission, but the hardest thing was the launch, and that is where Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. were better than the backup crew. On July 16, 1969 at 9:32 am about 1000 people filled Kennedy Space Center viewing stands to see the liftoff of Apollo 11. There were no launch delays or anything. The launch was perfect. It was speeding 17,400 mph after twenty min. Then Apollo began to orbit around the earth to get in order with the moon. The orbit around the earth was three hours long than it turned toward the moon. When Apollo got to the moon it orbits the moon for three days. While it was orbiting the Eagle separate from Columbia and starts to go to the moon, it was successful. On July 24, 1964 at 12:50pm the Eagle descended slowly on to the moon. The Eagle went pass the place where they where to land. It only had seven seconds of fuel left when they landed on the moon. They landed on the wrong spot of the moon. “The Eagle has landed,” said Neil Armstrong. The moon look like a big black hole from far away in space, but once on it was light out and they could see the moon. The cameras outside of the craft sent pictures to earth. When Armstrong and Aldrin got the go to walk on the moon, they took there first steps on the moon. Armstrong was the first person on the moon, Aldrin was the second. When on the moon they got all different kind of stuff. On thing that they brought back were moon rocks. They are blue with many holes. On July 21 Armstrong and Aldrin are ready to leave. They get in the Lm which is on the Eagle. The Lm unhooked from the Eagle and took Armstrong and Aldrin in to orbit. Where the Lm hooked on to the Columbia...