La John F. Kennedy Presidential Library invites you to witness the very first full-scale digital simulation experience of the rocket launch Saturn V from Columbia Point di Boston, in Massachusetts (where the Presidential Library is located). The rocket will be launched into orbit today, July 16 at 9.32 am (local time). Boston, 15.32 pm in Italy), exactly 50 years after Apollo 11 began its epic mission to the Moon.
For all those who will not be able to witness this fascinating experience live, it will still be possible to do so thanks to JFK Moonshot an innovative app that will allow its users to become part of the Apollo 11 mission, see the Saturn V rocket with its 110 meters of height on the take-off runway outside the JFK Library and follow its progress for 5 days journey to the Moon; the mission simulation was possible by combining 3D digital assets, original period footage and audio recordings. JFK Moonshot, created by Digitas and sponsored by Raytheon, it is available for Apple and Android devices on iTunes and Google Play or directly on dedicated Facebook page.
The launch of the Saturn V will still be broadcast all over the world with the powerful means of the 21st century, thanks to streaming platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter. Live streaming on Facebook.
President John F. Kennedy initiated a technological breakthrough that began with scientific progress unprecedented in the history of United States. President Kennedy's vision challenged the nation to send man to the Moon before the end of the 60s. The “Moon Speech” that JFK gave in 1962 at Rice University in Houston (Texas) and the previous year's speech to Congress in Washington went down in history. “I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth”. This inspired one of the largest unprecedented mobilizations of resources and manpower, and only after eight years, on July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the first steps on lunar soil: an incredible achievement for the entire human race .
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and John F. Kennedy Presidential Library: The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with the purpose of providing financial support, personnel, and creative resources to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, a presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Kennedy Presidential Library and the Kennedy Library Foundation work through community-based educational programs to increase knowledge and understanding of American politics, history, culture, government, and the importance of public service.
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