Apollo 11 mission recreated online
Updated on 13 July 2009
Apollo 11 mission is now being recreated in real time on the internet.
A new website from the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, commemorating the moon mission and Kennedy's push to land Americans there first, will allow visitors to watch the voyage recreated in real time on the web, 40 years later.
"Putting a man on the moon really did unite the globe," said Thomas Putnam, director of the JFK Library. "We hope to use the internet to do the same thing."
The website - WeChooseTheMoon.org - goes live on Thursday, 90 minutes before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
It will track the capsule's route from the Earth to the Moon, ending with the moon landing and Armstrong's walk.
Internet visitors can see animated recreations of key events from the four-day mission, including when Apollo 11 first orbits the moon and when the lunar module separates from the command module, as well as browse video clips and photos and hear the radio transmission between the astronauts and Nasa flight controllers.
The site also connects the mission back to Kennedy, who first set the goal to have a man on the moon by the end of the decade during a May 25, 1961, speech before Congress.
While the main goal is to offer people a chance to again experience the excitement of the moon mission, Mr Putnam said he also hopes it inspires people to tackle the issues facing the US today, such as global warming or poverty.
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