Apollo 11 – Launch of Dreams

This video is a tribute to the Apollo 11 astronauts and their awe-inspiring journey to the moon.

Humanity changed in 1969 when the words “The Eagle has landed” were transmitted to Earth. On July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC American NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully landed on the moon, as the world watched through their television screens. Neil Armstrong’s words, “One small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind” followed the first human steps on the lunar surface on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Buzz Aldrin followed while astronaut Michael Collins orbited the moon alone, piloting the command spacecraft. The three legendary space pioneers safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969, forever changing the world, our view of our place in the universe, and the limits beyond which we can dream. Keep looking up!

Video Credit: Public domain material and NASA
Music, Editing and Production: Oh the Silence
Song: Home

VIDEO AND IMAGE LINKS: 
NASA/LRO
NASA Space Visualization Studio
NASA Royalty-Free Resources
NASA Solar System Simulator
NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA Video Archive
NASA’s ‘Eyes on the Solar System’
NASA/ESA/Hubble
Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
NASA: July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap for Mankind

LEARN ABOUT THE MOON:
NASA: Earth’s Moon
NASA Solar System Exploration — The Moon: Overview
NASA’s Apollo Missions
NASA – History of Human Spaceflight
ESA — Human Spaceflight: The Moon — Our Neighbour 
NASA’s LRO Mission
NASA’s GRAIL Mission
NASA’s LADEE Mission
NASA’s LCROSS
NASA: Eclipses 
NASA’s Lunar Eclipse Page
NASA’s Moon Phases: 6000 Year Catalog
The Decision to Go the the Moon
NASA’s Neil Armstrong Biography
Moon Calendar
NASA: Dark Side of the Moon

CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS (try them!):
Moon Zoo (a Zooniverse project)
Moon Mappers
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
American Association of Variable Star Observers
International Observe the Moon Night
Zooniverse
NASA Citizen Scientist
SETILive
GLOBE at Night
Aurorasaurus
Sci-Starter (citizen science project portal)

FUN AND INTERACTIVE:
NASA Moonbase Alpha Game
Google Moon
NASA’s My Moon Space
NASA’s Moon: Lunar Tunes
NASA’s Explore the Solar System
NASA’s The Space Place
NASA’s Imagine the Universe
The First Men on the Moon
Dark Side of the Rainbow