A
Aldrin, Edwin “Buzz,” 5–8, 14, 19, 20–24, 27, 28, 30–32, 40
Apollo 1, 17, 30
Apollo 11
astronaut training, 14–17
design of, 12–14, 17
Earth orbit, 5, 21
flight, 21–22
honors for astronauts, 37–39
launch, 20–21
lunar landing, 7–8, 23–24
lunar module ascent, 31
lunar orbit, 5–7, 22
moonwalk, 8–10, 24–30
quarantine, 35–36
return, splashdown, 32–35
space docking, 13, 19, 21, 31–32
Apollo project, 17, 30, 39–40
armalcolite, 40
Armstrong, Neil, 5–10, 14–15, 17–18, 20–24, 27, 30–32, 40
B
Bales, Stephen, 7
barbecue roll, 21
C
Chaffee, Roger, 17
Cold War, 11
Collins, Michael, 5–8, 14, 19–24, 31–32, 39, 40
Columbia (command module), 6, 13–14, 23–24, 31–35
E
Eagle (lunar module), 6–8, 13–14, 21–24, 31–32
escape velocity, 21
G
Gagarin, Yuri, 5, 11
Gemini project, 13, 18, 19
Glenn, John, 12
goodwill packet, 30
Grissom, Gus, 17
K
Kennedy, John F., 12, 35
L
Luna 15, 31
M
Moon
first meal on, 8
rocks, 28–29, 35–36, 40
study of, 28–29
walking on, 25–27
weight on, 8–10, 27
N
NASA, 12, 14, 17, 24, 27
Nixon, Richard, 27, 35, 38, 39
S
Saturn V rocket, 5, 13–14, 20, 21
Sea of Tranquility, 7–8
Soviet Union, 5, 11–12, 31
space race, 11–12, 24, 31, 37
space suits, 8, 15–17, 21, 29
T
Tranquility Base, 7–8
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin, 37
U
United States, 11–12
USS Hornet, 33–35
W
White, Ed, 17