Apollo 11: How Did NASA Land A Man On The Moon? | To The Moon | Progress

In 1962 President John F. Kennedy declared his desire to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. At that point in time America was struggling to successfully launch satellites, yet 7 years later with the Apollo program they completed JFK's mission. This is the story of the space race and how NASA pulled off such a monumental feat.

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[IwasInThes]

In South Africa, we did not have TV at the time. My father (who passed away in October 1969) woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me:: Son, this is history in the making. You have to experience this. We listened to the radio broadcast throughout the night.

[robynstephens]

I remember that day back in July '69.
Here in Australia it happened during our daytime, that 1st step.
That day, I was at school and we where called to a special school assembly by The Principal who told us a very historic event was going to happen, that 1st step and he gave us the rest of the day off to watch it at home.
Which I did with the wide eye wonder of a child, when that 1st step happened, I yelled out to my mother, THEY ARE WALKING ON THE MOON!

[stevebigansky]

I was only 16 years old and remembered sitting in front of the TV with my brother, sister and mother as Neil came down that ladder- AMAZING day -

[LesKern]

I was 13. My older sister and I watched it. We had champagne. She passed away in the 90's that day is still a treasured memory.

[frankcates]

My family was in Japan at that time, and we watched the first steps on Japanese TV. It definitely was an event of global importance.

[parttime]

The real reason people call the moon missions fake is it gives them a reason not to learn anything about science or engineering or math or Geology or history or a whole host of topics related to facts..

[RRM]

The US at its best: Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. That's the US I admire... Hello from São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷.

[andypbj]

Alot of idiots don't even think we made it. They think we made it all up. These are my childhood heros. No matter how many times I hear the story it still amazes me.

[johntomasik]

This is one of those historical events I can watch repeatedly and enjoy it every time.

[vrjb]

Nice documentary. The words of Kennedy are the inspiration for my life. Do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Never give up, I can learn and do the other things.
And in this documentary I saw footage that I've never seen before. Compliments to all involved in making this documentary.

[sidneymcdavid]

Apollo was the greatest technological achievement and one of the proudest periods in American history

[paulbrouyere]

I was 1 year and 1 month old when that first step happened. My family got me out of bed, put me in my baby chair and positioned me right in front of the television, as if I was a king. You have to watch this! I didn’t realise what I was witnessing on that snowy black and white screen, but I surely remember I had never experienced my family dancing like monkeys through the room, full of excitement.

[aemrt]

The Apollo landing was a perfect storm. America had a powerful economy to pay for it. It had a strong Aerospace Industry with German and American Engineers giving the technical means. The Soviets bested us and Americans tend to get mad when beaten. Finally, they had a charismatic and visionary President Kennedy who set it in motion and a Vice President Johnson who knew how to convince (and cudgel) Congress to budget it.

[jasonchev]

Sometimes, the titles make it seem like the goal to go to the moon was set and then, BAM! Apollo 11; totally disregarding the Mercury & Gemini programs and Apollos 1, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Apollo 10 could have landed, if enough propellant was provided(Nasa purposely reduced the amount of propellant), but the mission was conceived as the full up "dress rehearsal" for the landing and was a specific "type" of mission (Testing Lem in lunar orbit and the rendezvous procedures) laid out in the plans. ANY crew could have flown 11. Although I applaud them, there was nothing exceptionally special about them, to take that mission. It was just how they lined up RANDOMLY in the flight rotation. Each of the types of missions had to be completed successfully, before the next type of mission would be attempted.

[michaelhastings]

Just Thinking how far the USA’S Space Program Could Have Been at Today If The Same Efforts and Fundings had Been Continued as It Was in the 1960’S Decade

[bruce]

I can remember when just a little kid Mom woke me up all excitedly for one of those first Mercury flights, I don't even think the sun was up yet here in Calif, and me Mom Dad we all sat in front of the ole Philco b/w watching it launch, newscasters all excited, it was HUGE back then I don't think anybody today who isn't from that generation has any idea just how huge it all was on so many levels not just technology.

[politicsuncensored]

I was a young boy in the 60's watching all of this. I'm not sure if we would have ever gone to the moon without President Kennedy's push to do so? NASA & America owes Mr. Kennedy a great deal for having this great vision. Shalom

[ILSRWY]

Frank Borman was (still is) my childhood mentor and hero, RIP Mr. Borman. And Apollo 8 is arguably more important than Apollo 11, and Apollo 8 is still my favorite crew! Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders.

[Kasartsart]

The Saturn V rocket was the most powerful machine made in history then, and still holds that title today.

[bdflatlander]

It is always painful for me to watch the Apollo 1 accident that took the lives of Chaffee, White and Grissom in the YouTube videos about the space program.

All of the American (and Soviet) astronauts and cosmonauts were incredibly brave and I just hope the 3 Apollo 1 astronauts died quickly.

RIP to these brave men. They will never be forgotten.