Today is the 49th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon.
Today is the day when Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and uttered the unforgettable line — "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Apollo 11 effectively ended the Space Race and fulfilled a national goal proposed in 1961 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy: "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”
The landing was broadcast live on TV and radio to a worldwide audience. Many of us have fond memories of that historical day.
Much has been written about that incredible mission. So, let’s make this an open diary for Kossacks to share their memories and thoughts about the Apollo missions, the men and women who made it happen, the state of the space program today, plans to establish moon bases by the U.S. and other countries and what the future holds for the space program and for humanity.
Here are some images and videos to help jog those old memories :-)
The Apollo 11 mission condensed into a one-minute time-lapse video -
CBS coverage with Walter Cronkite -
An artistic film made using images from the Apollo program -
And here is a new visualization from NASA, based on images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which captures the mood of Claude Debussy's best-known composition, Clair de Lune (moonlight in French).
The visualization was created to accompany a performance of Clair de Lune by the National Symphony Orchestra Pops, led by conductor Emil de Cou, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on June 1 and 2, 2018, as part of a celebration of NASA's 60th anniversary.
And a similar video by Seán Doran, set to 'Lux Aeterna' by György Ligeti -
The President who inspired generations ...
Further Reading
- www.nasa.gov/…
- en.wikipedia.org/...