2. The Moon BY Grace Farrant By Grace Phases of the Moon Structure and surface

3. Colour and size The Moon is the closest planet to Earth. The colour we see is not its natural colouring. It is actually black. The yellow colouring is just the reflection of the Sun.

4. Space Travel It takes about 3 days for a rocket to get to the Moon. It would take a car 200 days to travel the same distance. Many people have travelled to the Moon. The last rocket mission to the Moon was in 1999.

5. 1 st Man on the Moon In 1969, the U.S.A Apollo 11 mission landed three astronauts on the Moon. The first man to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. The other two astronauts were Buzz Aldrin and ??? As Neil took his first step, he said: “That’s a small step for man and a giant step for man kind.” Neil flew to the Moon from the main rocket in smaller spacecraft called Luna 2.

6. Earth is the closest planet to the Moon. The Moon’s nearest planetary neighbours are Venus and Mercury. The Moon’s rotates around the Earth, and in turn rotates around the Solar System.

7. Phases of the Moon At certain times of the month we see different sections of the Moon. We only ever see one half of the Moon. What we see depends on where we live and the angle we see the Moon. The sun reflects its light from the side of the Moon that we can see. The other side of the Moon is called the dark side…as in The Dark Side of the Moon.

8. The Moon is made of ice and rock. Its surface consists of many valleys, mountains and craters.

10. Bibliography Books Cullen.T. Alan. The Moon. Links.1991 Harris. Nicholas. The Glow in the Dark Book of Space. Funtastic, 2002 Internet http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/earth/moon.shtml http://images.google.com/images