Did you know that July 20th was the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon?
I have one child who loves space, stars, planets, and all things related, however tangentially, to them. And so we have looked through many sites on the Internet, watched the actual footage from the landing, and watched the movie Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff.
NASA has a web page dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Apollo landing on the moon.
NPR story to listen to, only 3 minutes long so good for those shorter attention spans
National Geographic has a quiz to test your knowledge of the Apollo 11 mission.
National Geographic also has the original article that ran in their magazine in December 1969, which I find fascinating. It easy easy to forget with all of the advanced technology that we have nowadays what a big deal this truly was. And how exciting it was for the entire world.
There are some amazing pictures and facts on the Hubble telescope you can look at as well. I am not familiar with the website, but it is amazing. There are also some space camps including one created by the surviving families of the Challenger in Chicago. Most Science Museums across the country has events for kids on space as well, You may want to take a look.
Comment by Claire — August 2, 2009 @ 7:44 pm