Never Stop Celebrating Apollo 11

Never Stop Celebrating Apollo 11

It’s always a good time to mark the anniversary of the civilizational feat that was Apollo 11, which lifted off 56 years ago this week. As the NASA History Office X posted, “Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched over the next days as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins accomplished the goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade.” Sorry, cynics, Project Apollo wasn’t just a bit of expensive Cold-War …

The Apollo 11 Splashdown Anniversary

File:Astronauts in Lifeboat After Apollo 11 Splashdown MET DP-15797-023.jpg, opens a new window by Creator:National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication., opens a new window / noneApollo 11 Astronauts return to Earth Splashdown in the ocean recovery to the USS Hornet photo courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia Commons July 24th marks the 56th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 splashdown in…