The fist American to orbit the moon

Today's article is about the first American man to orbit the moon in outer space, John Glenn. This video shows you an interview about him. Check out this New York Times interview video with John Glenn. Notice the amazing view of the Earth he got to see on his exciting adventure to orbit the moon.

It's important to not forget that he was the first AMERICAN man to orbit the moon. Yes, this is amazing, but we must remember that the Soviet Union did this amazing task before us. The Sovieit Union is now known as Russia. The U.S. is celebrating this today, for this event happened 50 years ago. John F. Kennedy laid down this task, for at first the Americans were lagging behind. Please check out the video, for it gives great information.
   
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By Andre J.

Moon Crash -- What It Means for Science

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Student Assignment: Zack O.
A pair of NASA spacecraft smashed into the moon at twice the speed of a bullet, as part of a mission aimed at blasting up signs of water ice.

Now, write a news story at least 10 sentences long explaining what happened and why.

• Watch and embed this video about the event (above)
• Read this blog post and embed images from this page (remember to source the site)
• Link to an animation of the spacecraft in flight

Remember to answer the five W's in doing this.

• Who
  
• What
  
• When
  
• Where
  
• Why
  

Include a link to the announcement and a related photo. Remember to include all source citations.

Photo credit: Wikipedia