Yesterday was the 40 year anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing! We marked this historic day by reading a book Justin received not too long ago. It is a great book, a behind the scenes look from the perspective of the many people who worked together to make the space mission a success.
We will spend the week reading through the book and discussing how much work it took back before the computers and modern technology we know today. What a gargantuan effort it took to build the lunar space module and send three astronauts into space for that most historic landing!
Team Moon: How 400,000 people landed Apollo 11 on the Moon.
We also spent some time exploring this site: We Choose the Moon. It is an interactive re-creation of the Apollo 11 mission. You can launch the Saturn V rocket into space and follow the entire journey and landing on the moon. You can also watch the videos of the launch, visit the photo gallery, see up close pictures of the launch of the Saturn V and much more.
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