As a child of the 60s, space exploration was my life. I watched when Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon. I followed every mission and dreamed of being an astronaut.
Around the STEM Moon Shot main build, I am going to be displaying artifacts that I collected over the years, including stuff that I wrote NASA (no email or internet, remember) and what they mailed back to me! Also a couple of books and interesting stuff related to the Apollo program.
I have lots of stuff to show. On the right is a reproduction of the Apollo 11 Flight Plan. To the left is a new book (a Kickstarter campaign) that has incredible pictures from all the moon landing missions. Toward the bottom is a book my Aunt got me when she worked for a CBS affiliate... a very exclusive book about all their coverage of the moon landing. Just peaking out is a picture of the Apollo 11 crew. Do you know that astronaut's name?
Answer: astronaut Michael Collins, who often isn't remembered, as he did not set foot on the moon. He was the pilot of the Command Module and stayed in orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were leaving foot prints in the moon dust that are still there today!
Not nearly as important to history, but I will be showing all the sketches and drawings I made as I planned and designed the event. See into the mind of an engineer as he develops a LEGO Moon Rocket!
This is perhaps my favorite photo ever. This is Earthrise as a photo taken by Apollo 8 in December 1968. This is the a picture that many said launched the environmental movement, showing the Tiny Blue Dot that is earth in the vast ocean of night that is space.