Over (And On) The Moon: 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Mission

Forty years ago today, NASA's Apollo crew went to the moon, with astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong setting down on the moon's surface while Michael Collins orbited above. NASA has various features on its website, like a real-time replay of the mission. The space agency has also released a montage of the mission (below) and enhanced footage (after the jump):

The Apollo 11 crew gathered yesterday to remember the historic mission. Armstrong said, "The space race faded away. It was the ultimate peaceful competition," while Collins said he got to be part of the team through "10% shrewd planning, 90% blind luck." Collins also said, "Sometimes I think I flew to the wrong place," referring to how Mars would be more interesting.

The NY Times has a section for Apollo 11 anniversary-related features, including an article about the disbelievers.

One small step:

Raising the American Flag:

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By Jen Chung in News on July 20, 2009 8:59 AM

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Matt Joyce

We really should just shoot 9/11 truthtards, and moon hoax believers. It would be better for everyone, including them.

Rocknrope

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadows are all wrong.

This is exactly like that scene in the movie Save the Last Dance where Somerset Maugham was investigating a string of murders and Derek had a box delivered to Snookie with Julia Stiles head in it.

ides_of_march

It's easier and simpler to just land on the moon than keep the lid on a conspiracy that large, audacious and that would involve so many thousands of people.

What i find sad is that after such a triumph, this country is happy to keep sending up the Space Shuttle at great expense to go round and round the Earth doing 4th grade science experiments decade after decade. We should have landed men on Mars and built a lunar Disneyland by now.