Fortyyears ago, the U.S. Apollo program put the first human on the moon.Now, NASA is gearing up to g

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Fortyyears ago, the U.S. Apollo program put the first human on the moon.Now, NASA is gearing up to go back. “That’sone small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”On July 20, 1969, millions of Americans turned on their televisionsto see American astronaut Neil Armstrong speak these words as hisfeet first touched the surface of the moon. For 19 minutes, Armstrongstood alone where no human had ever stood before. Then crewmemberEdwin “Buzz”Aldrin joined him on the gray, dusty soil. Though the black-and-whitetelevision images were jerky and blurred, ecstatic earthlings felt asif they, too, had soared into space and landed in another world. Inthe 1950s and ’60s. twocountries had raced to get to the moon first; the U.S. and the SovietUnion. Unmanned Soviet rockets got there first, but it was the Apolloprogram that made history. Three astronauts manned the Apollo 11mission: Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins. The trip from theearth to the moon took four days. A special lunar module, nicknamedEagle, carried Armstrong and Aldrin to and from the moon’ssurface while Collins remained in lunar orbit. The landing was tense.It took Armstrong longer than expected to find a level place to land.The lunar module had less than 40 seconds of fuel remaining when itsafely touched down. Armstrongand Aldrin spoke to President Richard Nixon by radio telephone. Theyset up scientific experiments, collected soil samples and planted anAmerican flag on the surface of the moon. They also left behind aplaque thatreads: “We came in peacefor all mankind.” Thoughthe flag was blown over whenthe lunar module took off, the footprints left by the astronauts arestill there. NASAaims to send people back to the moon in 2020. Plans are alreadyin high gear. “We’lllaunch the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in June, which is the firststep,” explains GreyHautaluoma, who works for NASA’[!--empirenews.page--]smoon exploration program. “Itwill map the moon in more detail than ever before to help select alanding site for the future missions.”NASA’s goal is to build alunar outpost, a place where astronauts could live for months at atime while doing scientific research and experiments. NASA is alsobuilding lunar rovers, vehicles astronauts could use to explore largesections of the moon.

53. This passage was most likely taken from a .
(A) science fiction story
(B) magazine report
(C) travel brochure
(D) biography

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統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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