There has been a lot in the news the last few days in celebration of humanity’s first trip to the Moon that began on July 16th, 1969. NASA and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum have stepped up to the plate with a collection of spectacular Internet websites and archival media. The Big Picture has also collected a wonderful set of Apollo 11 images.
NASA has been working with Lowry Digital to digitally restore the original moonwalk footage. They have released copies of these that can be downloaded from their website in 720p (though the original video is no where near this quality). NASA has also created an information rich website that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
(via Wikipedia)
The other amazing Internet resource is the website We Choose the Moon. This website (created in Flash) is currently playing the entire Apollo 11 mission in real time, with real time transmissions between mission control and the spacecraft, along with archival images and videos. The presentation is broken up into 11 modules that unfold in real time as the spacecraft travels toward its ultimate goal of landing humans on the Moon. You have to experience the multimedia gold they have created first hand in order to truly appreciate it. After this initial real time presentation users will be able to view any segment at their own leisure.
Be sure to turn into We Choose the Moon around 4:10 pm EST on Monday July 20th (the lunar landing date and time was July 20, 1969 20:17:40 UTC) to experience the descent of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the Moon.
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