Man Lands on the Moon
On July 21, 1969, the astronauts of Apollo 11 were preparing to leave the moon after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin completed the first successful moonwalk. To commemorate the occasion, NASA has released a restored version of the Apollo 11 moonwalk video. To view the video and other images from the event, point your browser to: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
The New York Times has also made their coverage of the event available without charge in their online archive. Point your browser to http://www.nytimes.com//interactive/2009/07/13/science/20090714-apollo11-interactive.html to view these articles and images.
Also, Google has announced Google Moon, a feature of Google Earth 5.0 that offers 360 degree views of the moon and spacecraft that has landed there; images of missions to the moon; and guided tours of the moon by astronauts who have been there. To watch a short, 3 minute video about Google Moon, click here. To watch a more comprehensive, 14 minute video, click here
Interested in finding more images of space and America’s space program? Check out the following sites for more amazing images from our universe:
Image Resources at NASA (This site can be slow to load, but it is worth the wait!)
National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution
National Geographic Magazine (View photos that appeared in their 1969 issue).