About 1962 President John {Farrenheit|Farreneheit|N}. Kennedy spoke to the American people and {guaranteed|assured|stated} that the United {Says|Claims|Areas} would land {a person|a guy|a male} on the moon {right at the end|at the conclusion} of the decade. America's goal was to show the world {it|which it|that this} had the best technology and was the most powerful {country|region|land}. On July 20, 69 Apollo 11 landed on the moon and camper Neil Armstrong was the first human to put a foot on the lunar surface.
{Prior to the|Ahead of the|Prior to} Apollo project {started|started out|commenced} NASA's Mercury and Gemini programs put astronauts into an orbit around the Earth. {Yet|Nevertheless|Although} Project Apollo was {a very hard|an extremely tough|a really hard} and different mission. {NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)|NASA (NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION)} needed a powerful {skyrocket|drive} that could escape the Earth's gravity and travel all the way to the moon. After Kennedy's speech, NASA started work on such {a skyrocket|a drive}. The Saturn V {enhancer was|booster-style was} finished in 1967. It was the {finest|best|very best} rocket ever built.
The Apollo spacecraft was made up of three parts. The command module was main part. {It had been|It absolutely was} where the astronauts lived {throughout the|through the} trip to the {phase of the moon|moon phase}. Completely all the {devices|tools|musical instruments} and computers that were needed for such a mission and it was the only part of the spacecraft that {came back|delivered|went back} to Earth.
The service module had its own rockets. They were used to slow down the Apollo spacecraft when it entered the moon's orbit. Without these rockets the spacecraft would be too quickly and fly right {beyond the|beyond daylight hours} moon.
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