A Giant Leap for Mankind

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's mission to the Moon

In association with

NASA

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Frontiers of Flight Museum

Adler Planetarium

Senator John Heinz History Center

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

U.S. National Archives

"History's greatest adventure" - JFK

A look back at the first mission to land on the Moon

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"One small step" on film

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What was Apollo 11?

The events, the people and the accomplishment

Apollo 11 and the world

The meaning of the moment

Lunar science begins

Leaps forward

"Why, some say, the Moon?... And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?... We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."- John F. Kennedy announcing the Moon mission

The beginnings

How our obsession with walking on the Moon began

A CULTURAL OBSESSION

How the Moon has fascinated humans for centuries

The Moon in the popular imagination

Why we went

Lift Off! JFK and the Space Program

The science it took to land on the moon

Apollo's Lunar Module

The Test Flights

Apollo 10: the one that went before

Charlie Brown and Snoopy in Lunar Orbit

Apollo 10: “it might sound corny, but the view is really out of this world"

3...2...1... Liftoff!

How NASA prepared for takeoff

January

Prepping to go to the Moon

February

Geology Trips on Earth

March

Dress Rehearsal

April

Preparing to receive the lunar samples

June

Readying Launch Pad

Life in orbit

The Snacks

What do astronauts do when they need a sugar fix?

The Space Suits

How do you put on an Apollo spacesuit?

The Equipment

Apollo Inflight Exerciser

The Protective Gear

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Extravehicular Gloves and Visor

The Doodles

Hand-written notes and markings in the spacecraft

The Unlikely Hero

How duct tape can save lives in space

The Tools

The Armstrong Purse: Flown Apollo 11 Lunar Artifacts

The Saga of Writing in Space

How do you write in space?

Out-of-this-world images of the mission

The challenges

Surprising stories about life in space

A DESIGN CHALLENGE

The Perplexing Problem of Designing Gloves for Space

Since the first spacewalk, designers have attempted to create comfortable, flexible, and warm gloves

THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL

Spaceflight and Surviving Shark Attacks

Notebook? Check. Space snacks? Check. Shark repellent? Check.

What we learned

LESSONS IN THE SKY

What we discovered about the moon

Shining a new light on our shrinking, tectonically active moon

A NEW PERSPECTIVE

How we went all the way to the Moon to learn about the Earth

Did you know: Apollo 11 was the first time we ever captured our home planet on film

The people who got us there

Michael Collins

The man who went to the far side of the Moon

Voices of Apollo

The people who made the Moon landing possible, in their own words

Margaret Hamilton

The woman who wrote the code to get us to the Moon

Pittsburgh natives who helped bring us to the moon

Contributors you might not have heard of

Remembering Neil Armstrong

First man on the Moon

NASA Remembers Neil Armstrong

A moving tribute to the first man on the moon

Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander inside the Lunar Module

NASA Remembers Neil Armstrong

The man and the moment

Neil Armstrong speaks at the AIAA 50th anniversary celebration for NASA

The Moon landing in pop culture

How accurate is the movie 'First Man'?

The Moon landing on film

Television goes to the Moon

Walter Cronkite and other newscasters report the Moon landing

Capturing the moment

Preserving this unique time in history for future generations

PRESERVING THE PAST

Moving the Apollo Space Suits

At Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

PRESERVING THE PAST

The Mystery of Grey Spots on Apollo Glove

At Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

PRESERVING THE PAST

Photographing Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit

At Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

PRESERVING THE PAST

Preserving the Command Module

At Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

PRESERVING THE PAST

The commemorative patch of the mission

At Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

PRESERVING THE PAST

Former Astronauts Recall the Moon Landing

At Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Space exploration since the Moon landing

Tour of the Moon 4K Redux

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

NASA Releases New High-Resolution Earthrise Image

Hubble's greatest discoveries

From the Mystic Mountains to the Dragon galaxy

SPACE EXPLORATION

Photos of Saturn from the Cassini spacecraft

A love letter to the ringed planet

Shining a light on the depths of space

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

How the world's largest radio telescope came to be

Radio astronomy pioneer, Govind Swarup

SPACE EXPLORATION

Mars as art

Beauty and discovery on the Red Planet

EXPLORE

NASA's visual universe

See what happens when machine learning meets 127,000 images from the NASA archives

What's next?

Spacesuits: From Apollo to the Future

The evolution of the spacesuit

Astronaut Food: From Apollo to the Future

The past, present and future of space food

Lunar Science: From Apollo to the Future

Exploration is in our DNA, and the moon is a treasure trove of science

MORE SPACE EXPLORATION

The birth of US commercial human spaceflight

LIFE IN OUTER SPACE

Building a new future in space: deep space exploration systems

LIFE IN OUTER SPACE

Looking for Life Beyond Earth: Ocean Worlds

LIFE IN OUTER SPACE

Looking for life beyond Earth

How NASA is addressing one of the greatest mysteries of all

Could we walk on Mars?

A brief history of Mars exploration

Could we walk on Mars?

A brief history of Mars exploration

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