Fly the 1969 voyage, from Pad 39A to the Moon and home. A narrated cinematic fly-through — sit back as the camera flies the route and the story unfolds.
July 16, 1969. A Saturn V — the most powerful machine ever flown — lifts three men off Pad 39A. For the first time, humans are leaving for another world.
Three days and 380,000 km later, the Moon fills the window. Columbia slips into lunar orbit while the world below holds its breath.
"The Eagle has landed." With seconds of fuel left, Armstrong sets Eagle down in the Sea of Tranquility — and steps off the ladder into another world.
July 24: three parachutes bloom over the Pacific. They came in peace for all mankind — and they came home. The sky had become a place we could return from.