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Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission<\/h2><\/div>
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The Discovery Center of Idaho invites you to a special exhibition celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission – the first time humans stepped onto the surface of the Moon. The poster exhibition is brought to you courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 met President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 challenge of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” The poster exhibition, Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission<\/i>, explores what led the United States to accept this challenge and how the resulting 953,054-mile voyage to the Moon and back was accomplished just eight years after the program was authorized.\u00a0Destination Moon<\/i>\u00a0examines the mission and recognizes the sacrifices and devotion of more than 400,000 people employed in NASA programs who worked through the trials, tragedies and triumphs of the 20 missions from 1961 to 1969 before Apollo 11.

Fifty three years later, the Apollo program remains the benchmark for great national achievement. When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and humans first set foot on another celestial body, it gave humanity a new perspective from which to view ourselves. Using this poster exhibition, viewers will be able to look back at this historic mission, and hopefully envision the next generation of innovators, scientists, explorers and astronauts.<\/p>\n

Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission will be at the Discovery Center of Idaho through July 2023.\u00a0<\/em><\/div><\/div>