GALILEO

UNMANNED AND MANNED SPACEFLIGHTS

NEIL ARMSTRONG
EDWIN E. ALDRIN, JR.
THEY WERE THE FIRST MEN TO SET FOOT ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON.
THEY GATHERED SOIL AND ROCK SAMPLES AND
BROUGHT THEM TO EARTH

IN THE 20
TH
CENTURY, ASTRONOMERS
MOUNTED CAMERAS 0N TELESCOPES AND
TOOK PICTURES OF THE MOON
IN 1960, SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS OF
UNMANNED SPACECRAFT OF THE
SURVEYER SERIES BY U.S AND
LUNAR SERIES BY USSR.

MANNED LANDINGS ON THE LUNAR
SURFACE AS PART OF APOLLO
PROGRAM MADE DIRECT
MEASUREMENTS OF PHYSICAL AND
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE
MOON.


REFLECTOR
THE REFLECTOR IS USED TO DETERMINE THE
DISTANCE OF THE EARTH TO THE MOON.

SEISMOMETER
SEISMOMETER IS USED FOR
RECORDING SEVERAL EVENTS
INTERPRETED TO BE MOONQUAKES,
LANDSLIDES OR METEOR IMPACTS.

SOLAR WIND PARTICLE
DETECTOR
IT IS PLACED ON THE MOONS SURFACE
SO THAT IT FACED THE SUN AND IT WAS
BROUGHT BACK TO EARTH AND ANALYZED
FOR RARE GASES.
APOLLO 12
MAGNETOMETER