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2007-01-29 02:33:14
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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The first "rocket that went to the moon" was the Soviet Union's Luna 1, which flew by the moon on January 4, 1959. Its rocket booster would not have "landed" but would have burnt up on reentry into the atmosphere after launch, as would the main boosters for all lunar flights.
The first lunar impact was Luna 2, on September 14th, 1959, also a Soviet craft. It impacted "in the Palus Putredinus region... roughly estimated to have occurred at 0 degrees longitude, 29.1 degrees N latitude. Some 30 minutes after Luna 2, the third stage of its rocket also impacted the Moon."
Luna 9 (the Soviets again) made a soft landing in the Ocean of Storms on February 3, 1966.
The first manned landing was the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) US of A's Apollo 11, in Mare Tranquilitatis (the Sea of Tranquility). The descent stage remains on the moon at "Tranquility Base", while the ascent stage was jettisoned and was purposely sent crashing to the lunar surface to generate a small artificial "moonquake" for the scientific instruments left behind to measure. It's impact site is unknown. The Command Module (CM) that brought the astronauts home splashed down in the Pacific, and is currently on display at the The National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
2007-01-29 11:00:04
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answered by gamblin man 6
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The first moon landing was Apollo 11 in 1969. The capsule that landed in the ocean had 3 parachutes that made the landing softer. You should watch The Discovery Channel. There are documentaries about the moon landings every week or so.
2007-01-29 10:33:57
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answered by Surveyor 5
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The only part of Apollo 11 to come back in intact was the command module, and it is on display in the National Air and Space museum in Washington D.C. But three Saturn V rockets that never flew are on display. One is at the Kennedy Space center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, one is at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas (I have seen that one) and one is at the Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Or perhaps you want to see pictures and video from the mission. In that case, see the source.
2007-01-29 10:51:57
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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The Apollo 11 command module is at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian.
2007-01-29 10:41:17
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answer #5
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answered by Gene 7
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There wouldn't have been any camera on the lunar surface to film the landing. If you're talking about coming back down to Earth, I don't know if they had any cameras around for that either.
One thing I can tell you is that the capsule had parachutes as it was coming down to Earth. They wouldn't have let it simply crash into the ground at full speed, that'd be suicide.
2007-01-29 10:34:10
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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