What the Apollo 11 Site Looks Like Today

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In this video, we will look at what the astronauts of Apollo 11 left behind. With the first people to step foot on the moon, NASA apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin having left the site, they also left behind different experiments including a seismometer, the laser lunar retroflector and commemorative items such as soviet medals and an apollo 1 mission patch. In this space video I am revisiting a significant historical site, Tranquility Base, that noone has has visited since.

[ForeignMadeIt]

Ill never forget hearing my great grandma talk about how she had seen man go from a horse and buggy to landing on the moon. Thats pretty incredible

[legolas-xuou]

The fact that they left medals honoring cosmonauts is quite heartwarming.

[jeromeb]

We should preserve this as a memorial for future moon tourists. It should stay like this forever and never be altered.

[MLou]

My great grandfather was born in 1876 died 1975. He wrote an autobiography about his life reflecting on his impact on the Industrial Revolution and life before electricity, cars, airplanes etc…

[UnscannableDrew]

An alternate theory about the Apollo 11 flag goes as follows: After the flag blew over during Apollo 11's departure from the surface, the flags for the Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 missions were planted farther away from the lunar module and remained standing after the astronauts left. Those flags were almost certainly bleached out by the sun. With the Apollo 11 flag, however, it is possible that the same rocket exhaust that blew the flag over may have also covered it in lunar dust. If enough dust covered the flag to block most of sunlight, it's possible that the buried flag is the last one retaining it's original colors.

[JamieWex]

A lot of people don’t know how much respect the Russian and American space programs had/have for each other. The governments were competitive but not the space agencies

[michelmoss]

My cousin was buried on the moon, my favorite story when people don’t believe me about something. My cousin was Gene Shoemaker, a geologist who proved impact craters came from asteroids and taught the astronauts geology, when he passed they launched an ounce of his ashes in a stainless steel container from the Shuttle and made an impact crater on the moon!

[pineappleexpress]

As I'm writing this this day marks the 55th anniversary of apollo 11 a day we will remember forever

[alidivani]

I remember sitting in front of our black-and-white telly as a 9-year-old child and seeing this incredible landing being televised. literally blew my mind.

[Cosmic_Explorerrr]

We can all agree that the production quality and visuals of this video is simply incredible

[bearlemley]

We had passes to the new visitor center to watch the launch, but we couldn’t get close the entrance because of the millions of Americans trying to view the launch. A kind man offered to let my mom bring her son and daughter through his yard and sit on his sea wall on the Indian river to watch the launch on July 16th 1969.
I had moved my grandma’s TV into my bedroom (as she was away) and stayed up all night watching at the age of 12. Simply amazed that with all that 1960’s tech that they made it there and back safely.

[zeus]

The moon landing is literally the first memory of which I am conscious. I was 4 years old, but I distinctly remember the living room carpet, and the walls, and our dog, and watching that black and white image while my family all gathered around. I know it was the first landing because of the house that we were in at that time, vs a few months later when we moved. My dad was one of the engineers who designed the heatshield used on the Mercury and Apollo capsules, so our family were all NASA nuts. Still am.

[sergei]

Great job! Thanks from Russia. Everything related to the Apollo 11 flight is very close to me. In the 80s and 90s, I was very interested in the history of the development of the space programs of the USA and the USSR. In my collection there are articles from Soviet newspapers of the 60s and 70s about the flights of the ''Mercury'', ''Gemini'' and ''Apollo'' spacecraft, detailed from launch to landing. By the way, all the articles are very friendly and respectful. In 1994 I decided to write a letter to Neil Armstrong about my hobby and to my joy he personally replied to me by sending an autographed photo. Now it is our family heirloom, as well as letters from John Glenn and John Young - pioneers of space exploration. Good luck to everyone.

[jime]

My dad was a radio man in the Navy during this time. He helped relay signals back to NASA and listened intently to the conversations. He was absolutely amazed. A young kid from a rural state getting to experience something so amazing.
He had no patience for landing deniers and got into argument with at least one person I remember. When he passed in 2020, I had to give the eulogy and I mentioned his experience doing this and mentioned that if there WERE a conspiracy about the landing, he never got his cut from the government to hush things up.
“As we all know, dad wouldn’t have shut up until he got his money.” Everyone laughed and it helped set the tone for the rest of the service.
Dad was proud he got to be part of this in a small way and I loved hearing the stories.

[tagoldich]

I've read many books regarding the Apollo missions. Even with 7 oceans of detail (like the detail presented in this video), many people still believe the Apollo missions never happened.

[murdoc]

My thanks to the person who stayed behind to film all this😯

[johnburpi]

To leave all that medals and patches to celebrate the the ones who died to make this mission possible warms my heart ❤️

[waynevarner]

Although it was not mentioned in the narration, I was pleased to see the ALSCC camera (Apollo Lunar Surface Closeup Camera), that was left behind. It's purpose was to take 3-D photos of the undisturbed surface of the moon. The film canister was then brought back to earth for processing.. I was involved in the development of the camera when I was employed at Kodak.

[williamlewis]

Great information, but unless I missed something, the title of the video is terribly misleading. I saw nothing to indicate what the site looks like today other than speculation.

[PigeonsandCapybaras]

Imagine how cool it would be for the Artemis Program to take Astronauts to this location and see the remains of the lander