2023-07-16 00:03:22
This Sunday marks the 54th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission, the first in human history to reach the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out of a spaceship and walked on the natural satellite to mark a milestone in astronomy.
The mission was launched on July 16 and reached the lunar surface on the 20th of that same month. The audiovisual record of the iconic moment shows the pair of astronauts installing a United States flag on the Moon.
However, over the years, material from this historic trip has appeared, which NASA seems to have the intention of eliminating. One that appears to us on the Internet, specifically on the YouTube channel of the Argentine media Página 12 shows a moment that borders on the parodic due to its funny and understandable content from a scientific point of view.
The video has Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin attempting to walk on the Moon, but failing with every step they take. The differences in the gravity of the natural satellite are many when compared to that of the Earth. The pair of astronauts suffer it and fall to the ground again and again.
How many times have we reached the Moon?
NASA executed a total of six successful missions to the Moon. They were all called Apolo and were made between 1969 and 1972. Here is the detail:
Apollo 11: Launched on July 16, 1969, it was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. Apollo 12: Launched on November 14, 1969, the crew of Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, and Richard Gordon landed on the Moon on November 19, 1969. .Apollo 14: Launched on January 31, 1971, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa were the crew members who landed on the Moon on February 5, 1971.Apollo 15: Launched on July 26, 1971, astronauts David Scott , Alfred Worden, and James Irwin landed on the Moon on July 30, 1971. Apollo 16: Launched on April 16, 1972, the crew of John Young, Thomas Mattingly, and Charles Duke landed on the Moon on April 20, 1972. .Apollo 17: Launched on December 7, 1972, it was the last mission of the Apollo program and the last time that human beings have set foot on the Moon. Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans landed on the Moon on December 11, 1972.
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