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Father: Oh, I see. Bring the book here. Let’s look at it together.

Rahul: Here is the book. I was looking at this picture. Who is this, daddy?

Father: He is Neil Armstrong. He was the first man to set foot on the moon.

Rahul: But how did he go to the moon?

Father: He went in a spacecraft called Apollo, along with two other astronauts on
16th July, 1969.

Rahul: How long did they take to reach there?

Who was the first
man to set foot on
the moon?

Father: They landed there after four days on July 20,1969.

Rahul: How much time did they spend on the moon, daddy?

Father: They had only two hours of exploration time on the moon. They returned
home on July 24.

Rahul: Daddy, the dress they are wearing looks strange. What are they wearing?

Father: It’s called a spacesuit. It protects an astronaut from the dangers of space during
flights. It also supplies air for breathing.

Rahul: Why did they have to carry air with them? When did Neil

Armstrong and his
Father: That’s because there’s no air on the moon. fellow astronauts land
on the moon?
Rahul: So, there’s no life on the moon?

Father: You’re right. There is no air and no water. There are no
plants. Nothing at all there to make it possible for us to live.

Rahul: Then what did the astronauts find there?
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