The Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon launched 50 years ago this morning. For those old enough, it was an unforgettable sight.
It was an engineering feat without comparison to accomplish this ambitious goal. Adafruit had covered many of the stories and others have been posted elsewhere. Here is a compendium of articles and resources you may wish to check out today.
- Adafruit Blog – You Can Tour the Apollo 11 Landing Site…Online
- Adafruit Blog – The Apollo 11 Press Kits are now online
- Adafruit Blog – Apollo 11’ Documentary Soundtrack Features Electronic Sounds Of 1969
- Adafruit Blog – Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated
- Adafruit Blog – 19,000 Hours of Apollo 11 Audio Recordings
- Adafruit Blog – Explore the Apollo 11 Command Module in VR, with Accompanying 3D Print Files, via @Smithsonian @3D_Digi_SI
- Adafruit Blog – The guts of NASA’s pioneering Apollo computer were handwoven like a quilt
- Adafruit Blog – Apollo 11 command module code goes open source…
- Adafruit Blog – Building an Apollo computer display using an electroluminescent glass panel #NASA @NASA @theRPF
- Adafruit Blog – Apollo Guidance Computer – reverse engineering the core memory simulator
- Adafruit Blog – Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) Restoration – Part 1 #VintageComputing
- Adafruit Blog – Former NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Restores Mission Control
- Adafruit Blog – Awesome Infographic Details ‘How Apollo Worked’
- Adafruit Blog – Neil Armstrong’s hidden bag of Apollo 11 artifacts
- Adafruit Blog – Apollo 11 Flight Director Gene Kranz – “How To Park On The Moon”
- Adafruit Blog – Awesome Infographic Details ‘How Apollo Worked’
- Adafruit Blog – Apollo retroreflectors #SaturdayMorningCartoons
For more material, check out the NASA – Apollo 11 50th site – lots of resources including video, audio, and photos.
Happy 50th anniversary Apollo 11!