print email comment close Apollo 40th Anniversary URL: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html Description: Website commemorating the 40th anniversary of the NASA Apollo missions, which "started on May 25, 1961, when President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade," and came to fruition on July 20, 1969, when "Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong stepped out of the lunar module." Features video clips and links to extensive material on Apollo. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) LII Database Information: Record 27385 created by Maria Brandt on 12/05/2008 Last modification on 05/04/2009 Published: 05/27/2009   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27385