This could inspire work in maths around speed, distance and measurements. In the film, Ollie and Fatima learn about the amazing mathematicians who calculated the route the rocket would take to the Moon. The film could also be used as a stimulus for a cross-curricular topic about the Earth and space or Neil Armstrong himself, including the history of space travel or exploration in general. It describes how the Moon moves in relation to the Earth, and how gravity is different on the Moon compared to the Earth. This short film about Neil Armstrong's journey to the Moon could be used as a starting point for learning about the Earth and space. Whatever you do, good luck!įATIMA: Mars! That would be so cool. Maybe one day, one of you will go to Mars. OLLIE: Thank you very much for answering all our questions, Neil Armstrong. NEIL ARMSTRONG: When I was on the Moon, I looked back at the Earth where everyone I knew and loved lived, and it looked so small, like a beautiful marble. NEIL ARMSTRONG: When you’re on the Moon, gravity is just one sixth of what it is on Earth so on the Moon, I only weighed about fifteen kilograms.įATIMA: What did it feel like being on the Moon? NEIL ARMSTRONG: We knew it was going to be a big moment and that the whole world would be watching, so we thought really hard about it. If she’d made a single mistake in the calculations, we might not have come home at all. She was very, very clever and got us there safely. The maths that allowed us to calculate the route to the Moon was so complicated that NASA had to get some of the best mathematicians in the world to figure it out. NEIL ARMSTRONG: The Earth is moving around the Sun at 70,000 miles per hour and the Moon is orbiting the Earth at 2,288 miles per hour.
The moment we’d been training so hard for. We were sitting on nearly a million litres of rocket fuel, which could explode at any moment if something went wrong. Sitting in the huge rocket, waiting for take-off, I was super excited and super scared. NEIL ARMSTRONG: Between me and you, it was scary. NASA had to develop most of the technology we needed for this trip from scratch. It was a real adventure into the unknown.
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We had to understand how to fly the rocket and land the lunar module, and how to get home again. NEIL ARMSTRONG: I and the other two astronauts spent months training. The President asked NASA to design and build a rocket to take us to the Moon.įATIMA: How did you get ready to go to the Moon? NEIL ARMSTRONG: Because no one had been there before and we wanted America to be the first country to do so. NEIL ARMSTRONG: I got to the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission, aboard the Saturn V rocket. OLLIE: How did you get to the Moon, Neil? In 1969, I was the first person on the Moon.įATIMA: Hi Neil, we’re Fatima and Ollie and we want to ask you a few questions about the Moon landings.
First person to set foot on the Moon: Neil Armstrong.įATIMA: The Holo-Lab is going back in time, before mobile phones. Holo-Lab, find the first person to set foot on the Moon. Let’s talk to somebody who’s been to the Moon! OLLIE: What about someone who has been to the final frontier, Fatima?įATIMA: Oh yeah. FATIMA: Which explorer shall we talk to today, Ollie?
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