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    Inside The 'Giant Leap' In Technology It Took To Land On The Moon

    President John F. Kennedy first announced the mission to the moon in 1961 — well before the U.S. had the equipment to carry it out.
    Jul 15, 2019 2 minutes
    In this July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)

    July 16 marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, the first spaceflight to land on the moon. Saturday is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, a goal that President John F. Kennedy first announced in 1961, well before the United States had the technology to carry out that mission. documents the massive effort to land a man on the moon in his book “.” ‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Fishman () about the technology invented to make the moon landing possible.

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