Apollo 11 - 50th Anniversary thread

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To start off with:
www.sfgate.com

A 363-foot projection of a rocket will be flashed on the Washington Monument to celebrate Apollo 11 anniversary

WASHINGTON - A 363-foot projection of a rocket will be flashed on one side of the Washington Monument next week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is sponsoring a series of events to honor the Apollo 11 mission of July...
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Here's a few threads, old and otherwise, on subjects related to Apollo 11:
 
I thought we had directly mentioned the weavers elsewhere but apparently not:

www.wired.com

Apollo 11: Mission Out of Control

The inside story of how Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin struggled to touch down on the moon, while their guidance computer kept crashing. Again and again.
www.wired.com www.wired.com
 
www.npr.org

'One Giant Leap' Explores The Herculean Effort Behind The 1969 Moon Landing

Fifty years after Apollo 11's historic moon landing, journalist Charles Fishman tells the story of the 410,000 men and women who helped make the mission a success.
www.npr.org www.npr.org

www.thewrap.com

'Apollo 11' Live 360-Degree Immersive Show to Touch Down in Los Angeles This Summer

"There was a feeling of adventure, wonder, excitement ... all of these emotions roll into one as you stand on the moon," former astronaut Charlie Duke tells TheWrap
www.thewrap.com www.thewrap.com

www.cnet.com

Apollo 11's 50th anniversary: Quick guide to the first moon landing

It's been five decades since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquility. And now we're heading back.
www.cnet.com www.cnet.com

www.smithsonianmag.com

What You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Mission

From JFK's real motives to the Soviets' secret plot to land on the Moon at the same time, a new behind-the-scenes view of an unlikely triumph 50 years ago
www.smithsonianmag.com www.smithsonianmag.com
 
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Apollo Design Concepts From 1961 - Original Drawings Revealed

Thanks to Ben for sharing these drawings he found in his Grandfather's files. These are drawings from the original proposal by North American Aviation for the Apollo Command Module. These were made in September 1961 before the Apollo program had decided to use Lunar Orbit Rendezvous to reduce mass requirements. As such the designs are built around landing the command module on the moon using a big lander.

Ben has shared the high resolution scans of the designs at https://apollopreliminarydrawings.com/
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Link; https://apollopreliminarydrawings.com/
Feel free to post this link in a much more suitable topic. :)
 
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apolloinrealtime.org

Apollo 11 in Real Time

A real-time interactive journey through the first landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1969.
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This is ALL of the Apollo 11 mission communications in real time. From before launch through splashdown. I have been listening non-stop since T- 5 minutes. It is very insightful on the behind the scenes efforts to make the mission go. HIGHLY recommend it.
 
An interview with the person behind what's been dubbed the greatest tech service call of all time and the person responsible for the survival of much AGC software including 'Zerlina' whose development was sadly cut short by the end of the Apollo program


 
www.nasa.gov

NASA

NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.
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www.nasa.gov

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/apollo50th/NASA: Apollo 50th Anniversary

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/apollo50th/From October 2018 through December 2022, NASA will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Program that landed a dozen Americans on the moon between July 1969 and December 1972.
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www.nasa.gov

NASA Releases Stunning Panoramas of Apollo Landing Sites

NASA imagery experts at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have literally “stitched together” images from the Apollo landing sites on the Moon for a 50th anniversary reminder of what the 12 humans who walked on its surface experience visually.
www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov
 
I have spent the last three days listening to the real time recordings of all the Apollo 11 communications. It has been truly amazing to me how challenging it was, with continuous loss of communications enroute and at the moon. Listening to the astronauts as an older fellow lets me appreciate their professionalism and just what a gamble it was. Listening to the ground team with their tireless efforts to overcome navigation and communications problems.

Utterly incredible.
 

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www.bbc.com

Where were you when man first landed on the Moon?

Fifty years on, the 03:56 AM TV moment that was out of this world.
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'It seemed like the most incredible thing ever'

Musician and astrophysicist Brian May recalls the moment he watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
 
www.engadget.com

The sneakers inspired by Apollo 11 and the Moon landing

NASA's Apollo 11 has had an outsize influence on our culture since July 20th, 1969. That's the day the spaceflight mission successfully completed its lunar landing, paving the way for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to become the first humans to ever set foot on the Moon. To this day, Apollo 11...
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www.cnn.com

Remembering Walter Cronkite's words on the day of the Apollo 11 moon landing

Saturday is the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. This milestone has been on my mind all year because Apollo represents what we were. What we are. Hopefully what we could be again.
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www.cnn.com

3 original NASA moon landing videos sell for $1.82 million at auction

While the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing Saturday, Sotheby's auctioned off three original NASA videotapes of the event for a whopping $1.82 million.
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