The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

40th Anniversary
20 July 1969-2009

"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. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish." -- President John F. Kennedy, Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs, 25 May 1961

U.S. Government information

Apollo 11

• Apollo 40th anniversary (NASA)
• Apollo 11 Mission (NASA)
• Apollo 11 Mission (Kennedy Space Center)
• Moon landing: speeches for kids (Nixon Library)

Apollo program

• Apollo by the numbers (NASA)
• Apollo program: links (NASA)
• Apollo program (NASA)
• Apollo 1963-1972 (Johnston Space Center)
• Apollo program 1963-1972 (National Space Science Data Center)

Miscellaneous

• Great moon hoax (NASA)
• Lunar Landing Research Facility
• NASA 50th anniversary
• NASA multimedia
• NASA for educators
• Space Place: more NASA info for educators

Australian assistance

• Parkes Observatory's support
• The Dish (Warner Brothers)
• Tribute to Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station

Other information

• Above and Beyond: the Apollo Space Race to the Moon by Andre Balogh (History Today)
• Mythbusters: NASA moon landing (Discovery channel)
• Race to the moon timeline 1957-1965 (PBS)
• Race to the moon timeline 1966-1975 (PBS)
• Secrets of the moon landing (National Geographic Channel)
• To the moon (NOVA/PBS)
• When we left earth (Discovery Channel)

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Last update: Thursday, 9 July 2009 GMT+1000