Moon landing animation?

want to create a moon landing animation for my project(lame I know but I suck at Alice)really want to make it look good, any tips for doing so? I plan on startin tonight or sunday night. I want to have it start off in a earth background with the shuttle lifting off, then the next scene shows it landing on the moon with a man coming out. I hate being one of those people who asks for help but these forums have been the more helpful one I ever joined