Today marks the 40th anniversary of man first walking on the moon so what better way to celebrate than by reliving the mission in real time online.
A dedicated website called We Choose The Moon has been set up and went live at 9:32 a.m. on July 16th, 2009 – exactly 40 years to the minute after the historic launch. The site recreates Apollo 11’s lunar mission, minute by minute, with an interactive experience that lets visitors experience the mission as it happened, using archival audio, video, photos and “real time” transmissions.
You can even follow the mission on twitter from the perspective of Houston Ground Control, The Apollo11 spacecraft and the Apollo11 Eagle moon Lander.
This fantastic project was thought up by the Martin Agency and is being done in partnership with AOL and the JFK Presidential Library.You will be able to experience the content at your own pace only after Apollo 11 will have completed its mission. For now (20th July) if you visit the site its running in live time only.
Great Project and extremely well executed, I love the real time audio stream replayed on the site as it was 40 years ago, ended up listening for about an hour. Fascinating stuff and congrats to all involved.
Go Check it out by visiting http://wechoosethemoon.com/.
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