NASA: Celebrate Apollo: Exploring the Moon, Discovering Earth

NASA has posted this link to its celebration of the Apollo 11 Mission 40 years ago.

Apollo 11 Lunar Landing: 40th Anniversary

One of humanity's greatest achievements -landing human beings on the moon and returning them safely to Earth- is celebrated today. YouTube features a number of clips we'd like to share here.

This channel from ReelNASA features quite a selection of historical images of manned spaceflight, including the lunar landing. ABC News has posted this clip of Neil Armstrong's memories of the lunar landing. This clip features high-resolution images of Apollo 11 on the Sea of Tranquility from SpaceRip. This clip features President Kennedy's speech challenging the country to send a men to the moon and returning them safely. This also includes Armstrong's first words and the planting of the American flag on the lunar surface. This is the full-length color version of his speech at Rice University.