Full-scale digital simulation of the launch of the Saturn V rocket from the Presidential Library Columbia Point in Boston. The rocket will be launched into orbit today, July 16th at 9:32 AM (local Boston time, 3:32 PM in Italy), exactly 50 years after Apollo 11 began its epic mission to the Moon.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library invites you to witness the very first full-scale digital simulation of the Saturn V rocket launch from Columbia Point in Boston, Massachusetts (home of the Presidential Library). The rocket will be launched into orbit today, July 16 at 9:32 a.m. (Boston local time, 3:32 p.m. in Italy), exactly 50 years after Apollo 11 began its epic mission to the Moon.
For all those who cannot attend this fascinating experience in person, it will still be possible thanks to JFK Moonshot—an innovative app that allows users to become part of the Apollo 11 mission, see the Saturn V rocket with its 110 meters height on the launch pad outside the JFK Library, and follow its five-day journey to the Moon. The mission simulation was made possible by combining 3D digital resources, original archival footage, and audio recordings. JFK Moonshot, created by Digitas and sponsored by Raytheon, is available for Apple and Android devices on iTunes and Google Play, or directly on the dedicated Facebook page.
The Saturn V launch will nevertheless be broadcast worldwide through powerful 21st-century means, thanks to streaming platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Live streaming on Facebook.
President John F. Kennedy launched a technological quest that began with an unprecedented scientific advance in American history. President Kennedy’s vision challenged the nation to send a man to the Moon before the end of the 1960s. His “Moon Speech,” delivered in 1962 at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and his address to Congress in Washington the previous year, have gone 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 greatest mobilizations of resources and manpower in history, and only eight years later, on July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the first steps on the lunar surface: an incredible achievement for all humankind.
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, staffing, and creative resources to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, which is administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Kennedy Presidential Library and the Kennedy Library Foundation work through community-focused educational programs to foster greater knowledge and understanding of American politics, history, and culture, of methods of government, and of the importance of public service.
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