American Museum of Natural History: The Scientific Legacy of the Apollo 11 Mission
July 08, 2019
July 08, 2019
NEW YORK, July 8 -- The American Museum of Natural History issued the following news:
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step on the Moon's near-black, powdery surface as an estimated 600 million people back on Earth watched the historic moment live on television.
The summer of 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing, which fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's ambitious goal, set in 1961, to land a crewed spacecraft on the Moon an . . .
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step on the Moon's near-black, powdery surface as an estimated 600 million people back on Earth watched the historic moment live on television.
The summer of 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing, which fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's ambitious goal, set in 1961, to land a crewed spacecraft on the Moon an . . .