Real time mission tracker for Apollo 11 lunar landing mission
Re-live 40 years ago today when the Apollo 11 mission took off for the first landing of man on the moon.
Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 16, 2009
Relive the events with the real time tracking system from the Kennedy Library. It has video, a desktop widget, sound tracks, extensive photo libraries and Twitter updates. This is a fun and free site. Share in the excitement.
The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.
The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy’s goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s, which he expressed during a speech given before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961:
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”Wikipedia
PS. The Shuttle Endeavor had a successful launch yesterday.
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