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Encyclopedia > Walking on the Moon

On July 20, 1969 man first walked on the moon (see the Apollo 11 mission.) Bulk composition of the moons mantle and crust estimated, weight percent Oxygen 42. ... Apollo 11 was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program, the third human voyage to the moon, and the first manned mission to land on the Moon. ...


The gravitational pull of the moon is about 1/6th that of the earth.[1] However some people still believe that astronauts were kept from floating away by especially heavy boots.[2] The acceleration due to gravity denoted g (also gee, g-force or g-load) is a non-SI unit of acceleration defined as exactly 9. ...


For a list of people who have walked on the moon, see List of lunar astronauts. Twenty-four astronauts have been on or near the Moon. ...


In song

Walking on the Moon is a song by The Police. It first appeared ten years later on the 1979 album Reggatta de Blanc. The Police was a three-piece British pop band which was strongly influenced by reggae, and came to prominence in the wake of the punk rock phenomenon and rose to become one of the most popular groups in the world from the late 1970s to the mid- 1980s. ... Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). ...


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