Author name: Apollo11Space

DDS from Sweden with a special interest in Apollo 11.

First Watch on The Moon

The first wristwatch on the Moon’s surface was seated onto the right wrist of Buzz Aldrin around the outside of his bulky spacesuit.

Chris Kraft was Nasa’s first flight director, who controlled the Apollo moon landings. Find out more about this heroic man.

Apollo NASA astronauts, like the Soviet cosmonauts, used pencils, according to NASA historians. Learn the history here.

The Coca-Cola Company developed a can that would work in weightlessness. Find out in this short article about The Coca-Cola Company & Apollo 11.

At this time, 51 years ago, Apollo 11 was on its way to the Moon. Want to experience and relive as if the mission were happening right now? You can.

The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center or MSFC is the biggest NASA center. It produced the Saturn rockets for the Apollo program, and much more.