We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing after the Soviet Union took the lead in the 'Space Race'. We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing by the end of the decade, in response to Soviet success with Sputnik and cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin. We look at how Werner von Braun, a former rocket scientist of the Third Reich, playe

American History TV marks the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing this Saturday with a full day of #Apollo11 programming. Here's a sneak peek at some of the highlights. Full schedule: https://www.c-span.org/series/?ahtv | American History TV

18K views · 1.8K reactions |  Remembering the Apollo 12 Landing ...

Today, we mark the #Apollo50th anniversary of Apollo 12’s remarkable pinpoint Moon landing. At 1:55am (ET) on November 19th, 1969, #Apollo12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed the Lunar Module, "Intrepid", in the Ocean of Storms on the lunar surface. While the preliminary landing site was projected to be 1000 feet (~0.3 km) from #NASA's 1967 Surveyor III lander, Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed just over 500 feet (~0.15 km) away. Pinpoint landing: Check. Next up: Become the third and fourth

Apollo 11 moon landing caught in camera! #ITVideo | India Today | Facebook

13K views · 3.5K reactions | Every moment of video footage from Apollo 11 was transmitted to Earth, broadcast live to the world and then preserved. Recent reports of "lost" tapes have resurfaced, but here's the real story: https://go.nasa.gov/2NHG4nL #Apollo50th | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook