NASA will provide a unique audio “time capsule” in observance of the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon. Audio from the entire Apollo 11 mission will be replayed and streamed on the Internet at exactly the same time and date it was broadcast in 1969.
The audio retrospective will begin at 6:32 a.m. CDT Thursday, July 16, two hours before the spacecraft launched. The audio will continue through splashdown of the mission at 11:51 a.m. CDT Friday, July 24, and recovery of the crew shortly afterward. The web stream will feature the communications between the astronauts and ground teams, and commentary from Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
To listen to the replay, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11_radio
For historical information about Apollo 11, visit:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo11
NASA’s Apollo 40th anniversary web site provides easy access to various agency resources and multimedia about the program and the history of human spaceflight, including a gallery of Apollo multimedia features. The site is online at:
http://www.nasa.gov/apollo40th
Apollo 11 anniversary coverage on ASY.com:
- Blog: Journey to the Moon with Apollo 11, part 2, by Karri Ferron, Copy Editor
- Blog: Journey to the Moon with Apollo 11, by Karri Ferron, Copy Editor
- Blog: Apollo 11 documentary records cultural perspective of the historic launch, by Karri Ferron, Copy Editor
- Blog: Countdown to Apollo 11 anniversary, by Karri Ferron, Copy Editor
- Astronomy‘s August 2009 special “Return to the Moon” issue
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter page
