Facts about The Moon Landing


	Facts about The Moon Landing

murieleileen

10-21-2009 9:48 AM

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moon, moon landing, astronauts, alan shepherd, golf, neil armstrong, satellite

murieleileen says:

-The suit worn by the astronauts that went on the moon weighted around 180pounds on earth. But on the moon it only weighted 30 pounds because of the lower gravity.

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