Taylor Rynders and Jordan Papa
Taylor Rynders and Jordan Papa
How was the moon formed? Scient ist s now t hink t hat t he M oon was formed when a M ars-sized object crashed int o our planet about 4 .5 billion years ago. The collision was so large t hat a huge spray of mat erial was eject ed int o space. The orbit ing ring of debris gat hered it self int o a sphere, and formed t he M oon. What is t he moon made of ( composit ion) ? The Moon is made of rock with a core, a mantle that is partially molten, and a crust with craters created by meteorite hits. Basins and cratered highlands also exist on the surface. A soil called regolith covers the surface of the Moon, made of fragmented rock and dust. What is the size of the moon?
What is t he dist ance from t he moon Eart h? 384,400 km.
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What are t he moon phases? N ew moon, wax ing crescent , f irst quart er, Wax ing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quart er, & waning crescent . How long does t he moons orbit t ak e? The moon complet es it s orbit around t he eart h in approx imat ely 2 7 .3 days. What affect does t he moon have on t he eart h? The moon has a not iceable effect on t he eart h in t he form of t ides, but it also affect s t he mot ion and orbit of t he eart h.
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2 JANUARY 1959 The Soviet Union launches Luna 1, the first spacecraft to fly by the Moon. Data from the mission enabled the discovery that the Moon has no magnetic field.
APRIL 1970 NASA's Apollo 13's oxygen tank explodes en route to the Moon, canceling the mission. The astronauts landed safely back on Earth a few days later.
12 SEPTEMBER 1970 The USSR launches Luna 16. It becomes the first unmanned craft to land on the Moon and retrieve samples for return to Earth15.
14 SEPTEMBER 1959 The Soviet Union's Luna 2 crash lands, becoming the first manmade object to contact the Moon.
20 JULY 1969 Humans make direct contact with the Moon for the first time when Neil Armstrong takes "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" from NASA's Apollo 1113
NOVEMBER 1970 The USSR's unmanned Luna 17 enters lunar orbit carrying Lunokhod 1, the first lunar rover. The vehicle covered more than 10 kilometres during nearly a year of operation, and transmitted 20,000 television pictures.
3 SEPTEMBER 2006 SMART-1 is due to crash on the moon.
13 NOVEMBER 2004 SMART-1 enters lunar orbit. The craft is part of a European project to test new space technology including propulsion and navigation systems.
4 OCTOBER 1959 The Soviet Union launches Luna 3, which goes on to take the first photos of the dark side of the Moon. 25 MAY 1961 US President John F. Kennedy pledges to land a man on the Moon "and return him safely to earth" before 1970
3 FEBRUARY 1966 The Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first soft landing on the Moon. The previous five Luna missions were designed to do the same, but four crash landed, and one missed the Moon altogether.
30 JULY 1971 Apollo’s 15’s lunar module lands on the moon, taking with it the first manned lunar buggy.
11 DECEMBER 1972 NASA's Apollo 17 the last of the six Apollo manned landers, touches down on the Moo
31 JULY 1999 NASA's Lunar Prospector intentionally crashes near the lunar south pole, after more than a year of mapping the Moon's composition. Data from the crash fail to confirm previous reports of ice spied at the lunar poles
Taylor Rynders and Jordan Papa
Taylor Rynders and Jordan Papa
Taylor Rynders and Jordan Papa
Taylor Rynders and Jordan Papa