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Unit 6: Reading
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According to the text, From the Earth to the Moon is a…
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
There were ……………astronauts on Apollo 11.
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
Apollo 11 was so important because it ……………….
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
The astronauts descended ……………what had been planned.
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
The descent was watched live…
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
While Armstrong and Aldrin were on the Moon, Collins…
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
In the sentence, “some people think it was all a hoax organised by NASA”, what does ‘hoax’ mean?
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
Who has tried to demonstrate that the mission was real?
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
To prove that conspiracy theories are false they…
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
Jules Verne could not have imagined that over a hundred years after writing his famous novel From the Earth to the Moon it would all come true with the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong together with module pilots Edwin F. Aldrin and Michael Collins were on that successful first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.
Although Aldrin was supposed to be the one to climb down the Eagle module first and set foot on the Moon, it was Neil Armstrong who, due to some small technical problems, had to descend first. That remarkable moment happened on the 20th of April 1969. The event was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide expectant audience who could hear Armstrong say, “It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While his two companions were collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth, Collins flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Twenty-one and a half hours after their landing, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Columbia and proceeded with Collins to return to our planet eight days after the beginning of the mission.
However, not everybody believes that Apollo 11 accomplished its mission. Since the 70s, some people have thought it was all a hoax organised by NASA to win the space race against the Soviet Union during the cold war. These conspiracy theories say that NASA and other organisations tricked the public and made them believe that the landings happened by manufacturing, modifying or destroying evidence. This would include photos with no stars in the sky, the image of the American flag moving in the wind on the lunar surface, the astronaut’s footprints that still remain on the Moon surface, the Moon rocks collected by the astronauts as well as the radio and TV transmissions. NASA has worked really hard to demonstrate the falseness of such conspiracy theories by giving new information provided by advanced technology.
Since the late 2000s, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken high-definition photos of the modules and the tracks left by the astronauts of Apollo 11. In 2012, images showing five of the six Apollo missions’ American flags still standing on the Moon were released. The exception is the flag of Apollo 11, which lies on the lunar surface because it was accidentally knocked down during take off.
Text adapted from https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48774080, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
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