We choose the moon

WeChooseTheMoon.org

WeChooseTheMoon.org is an interactive re-creation of the historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon, inspired by John F. Kennedy’s grand vision. This four-day experience brought real-time details to life as never before. While many of the images, video and audio from the mission are a part of public domain, this is the first time they’ve been aggregated and organized to give viewers a “mission experience.” Since the four-day live event, the site has become a self-guided tour of the mission — a tour that over 4.5 million people have taken to date.

“Today’s technology will bring the Apollo 11 mission to life in a detailed, multisensory experience that wasn’t possible in 1969. While we can’t quite replicate the exhilaration the astronauts must have felt 40 years ago, our goal is to put the audience on board and get as close as we can.” — Brian Williams, project Senior Art Director

The experience includes:

More than 400 NASA images and 44 archival videos from NASA and The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Over 100 hours of real-time transmissions between Apollo 11 and Mission Control in Houston

Over 700 transmission excerpts tweeted out on Twitter exactly 40 years after they were said

Information from 2,223 pages of declassified documents influence site’s authentic re-creation of the mission

Four-day mission highlighting 11 “mission critical” events in beautiful 3D animation

Special companion programming features and interactive tools for all ages at news.aol.com