The Walk on the Moon - English Non Fiction - Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Jul 17, 2026

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A clear English non-fiction narrative recounts the Apollo 11 mission and the first human landing on the Moon. It explains the three-stage rocket launch, orbital journey, and three-day travel, then describes lunar orbit, descent in the Lunar Module, and the special suits needed because lunar air cannot be breathed. Key dates are given for landing and return, along with the astronauts’ observations of rocks and sand and the splashdown in the Pacific.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages14

Reading Time22 min

Apollo 11 Launch and Mission Plan

Astronauts and Rocket Stages

Journey to the Moon and Lunar Orbit

Landing, Suit Safety, and Exploration

Return to Earth and Later Moon Landings

The Walk on the Moon English Non Fiction The Walk on the Moon written by Carol Smith This story is from 'Stories for Children, Book 7' used in the SIL MLE Curriculum in Cameroon. Images by Jedidja van Oene, © 2019 SIL Cameroon. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. English United Kingdom Copyright © 2019, SIL Cameroon [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)[ ](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc. Images by Jedidja van Oene, © 2019 SIL Cameroon. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. The Walk on the Moon In 1969 two men did touch the moon . They blasted off in the Apollo 11 rocket on July 16th . There were three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldwin and Michael Collins. The first stage of the rocket carried the spacecraft into the air to an altitude of 185 kilometers . The second stage put the spacecraft into orbit around the earth at a speed of 24,000 kilometers an hour. The third stage increased the speed so that the spacecraft could pull away from earth’s gravity and begin the journey to the moon . The journey took three days. The rocket had to fire its engines again to slow the spacecraft down so that it could orbit around the moon . Michael Collins stayed in the spacecraft orbiting around the moon while Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin got into the Lunar Module and fired the engines to land on the moon . It is not possible to breathe the air on the moon so the astronauts had to wear special suits and carry air in tanks on their backs. They got out of the Lunar Module on 20th July and Neil Armstrong was the first man to take a step on the moon . He said: “That’s one small step for aman, one giant leap for mankind.” The astronauts found rocks and sand on the moon but no water, plants, animals or other living things. The astronauts returned to earth on the 24th July by splashing down into the Pacific Ocean in the last piece of their spacecraft. A boat picked them up and took them back to the United States of America. There were five other teams of astronauts who landed on the moon in later years.

FAQs

Who were the astronauts on Apollo 11 and what roles did they have?

Apollo 11 had Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldwin, and Michael Collins. Collins stayed in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldwin landed using the Lunar Module.

Why did the astronauts need special suits on the Moon?

They could not breathe the Moon’s air, so they wore special suits and carried air in tanks on their backs.

What did the astronauts find on the Moon after landing, and what did they not find?

They found rocks and sand, but no water, plants, animals, or other living things.

Jul 17, 2026

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