Preparation
Much preparation occurred prior to departure. This was from selecting the Insignia, the call signs, mementos to site selection. Five potential landing sites were selected and announced on February 8, 1968. This followed years of research using high-resolution photography of the moon’s surface. Certain requirements were decided. For example: the ideal day, to limit the temperature extremes that an crew member would need to experience and a site with fewer craters.
Preparation
People Came To Watch
And so, Apollo 11 with its 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket, was launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16th, 1969. This was only one of the four sections that composed the spaceship. The three others were the service module, the lunar module, and the command module. A crowd made up of hundreds of thousands of people went to the base to watch the three-man crew leave for space. However, there are people who refuse to believe that they actually reached the moon.
People Came To Watch