Moon Landing 40th Anniversary: Looking Back at Apollo 11

[Matt Molnar]

Popular Mechanics celebrates the upcoming 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission (http://www.popularmechanics.com/apollo11turns40/), launched July 16, 1969, with an extraordinarily detailed six-part chronology. PM talked to dozens of NASA officials, engineers and scientists who played key roles in the mission at the Kennedy Space Center and Mission Control in Houston, and to the Apollo astronauts–Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins–themselves. Includes dozens of photos and audio and video clips dispersed at appropriate places in the timeline. We also dug up some very interesting Voice of America radio coverage (http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4319083.html?series=79) of the mission that has never been broadcast in the United States.

You can find it in the June issue of the magazine, but the online package contains more text and photos and of course the audio and video content. Good stuff!

http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/pm-apollo-toc-6-470.jpg (http://www.popularmechanics.com/apollo11turns40/)

[Alex T]

I always enjoy these type of stuff! Hard to believe its been 40 yrs!

Neil Armstrong is my great uncle. I have met him 3 times, all when I was young. I simply just remember sitting on his lap and just chit chatting. Last time I saw him was back in Atlanta at a family reunion many many yrs ago I had to be around 5 or so.

Alex

[Jetinder]

Alex T

You're very lucky wow to have my hero as your great uncle :) :)

When Apollo 11 landed I was 8-9 months old and i remember my parents talking me to my grand parents house,we went in to a large dark room full of people with a tv on the wall.

I remember seeing Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the moon.

Armstrong was 38 when he walked on the moon, 2 years ago when I was 38 i thought about Armstrong and thought how at 38 I would never follow in his footsteps, i would never get the chance.

I thought how no other 38 year old would ever be the 1st man on the moon.

Aldrin and Collins where 39 and last year i thought the same about them.

Its just funny to think this.