Read the first part of the story.
The Rocket

My dad drove for hours down the coast of Florida in the USA, mostly in the dark. It was way past my bedtime when we arrived, but neither of my parents seemed to care. We parked next to dozens of other cars and got out.
‘Linda, look!’ my mum said.
I turned to see where she was pointing. Apollo 11 was across the water, a few kilometres away. My parents had shown me pictures of the rocket in the newspaper. But it gave me chills to see it in person. It stood still and silent, lit up with enormous lights. I couldn’t believe that tomorrow morning, on 16 July 1969, it would take three men to the moon for the first time.
All around us, people were talking, laughing and sharing food. I felt like I was at a big party with people I had just met! I wanted to stay up forever.