SPACE MISSIONS 2

                                 SPACE MISSIONS 2

ISRO,INDIA

Some spacecrafts called Space Shuttles are manned – they carry humans. Yuri Gagarin was the first astronaut to go into space in 1961. More than 200 astronauts have visited the ISS.

sea of tranquility

 

On 16^th July 1969 space mission Apollo 11 carrying three astronauts was launched. After four days of travel in space, the mission reached the Moon on 20 July 1969. A small space craft called Eagle carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin dropped down from the main spacecraft that was circling the Moon with Michael Collins inside it. Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Aldrin followed his footsteps. They stayed on the Moon for almost one Earth day. The place where these two astronauts landed is called Sea of Tranquility. As many as 12 Astronauts landed on the Moon from year 1969 to 1976. They all were sent by NASA – National Aeronautical Space Administration. It is likely that ISRO – Indian Space Research Organisation will send an Indian Astronaut to the moon by the year 2025.