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Apollo 11’s Legacy in Pop Culture | The Moon Landing in TV and Movies

When President Kennedy challenged NASA to put a man on the moon before 1970, it took some of the world’s brightest engineers, mathematicians, and human computers to meet the deadline. The challenge sparked not only their imaginations, but so many around the world, and its legacy has continued to do so for five decades. Happy…

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When President Kennedy challenged NASA to put a man on the moon before 1970, it took some of the world’s brightest engineers, mathematicians, and human computers to meet the deadline. The challenge sparked not only their imaginations, but so many around the world, and its legacy has continued to do so for five decades. Happy 50th anniversary, Apollo 11.

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Producer/Video by: Jason Lederman

Narrator: Jess Boddy

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Music: APM Music

Media: NASA, Wikimedia Commons, Pond5

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Additional Media:
Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902), Pink Floyd “The Dark Side of the Moon”, MTV (1981), The Simpsons (1992) FOX, Mad Men (2014) AMC, First Man (2018) Universal PIctures, Doctor Who (2011) BBC, Futurama (1999) FOX, 30 Rock (2010) NBC, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) Paramount Pictures, From The Earth to the Moon (1998) HBO, Apollo 13 (1995) Universal Pictures, Men in Black 3 (2012) Sony Pictures

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7 Comments

  1. Jessica Boddy

    July 18, 2019 at 8:12 pm

    Wow what a cool and fun video! I sure do love PopSci!!!

    • DarkSpectriality

      July 18, 2019 at 8:25 pm

      Jessica Boddy you had one job but you are literally the same person in the video

  2. Jason Lederman

    July 18, 2019 at 8:15 pm

    This is so fun!! What a great way to look at history—through the people an event inspired.

    • DarkSpectriality

      July 18, 2019 at 8:25 pm

      Jason Lederman are you paid to comment this? xD

  3. Popular Science

    July 18, 2019 at 10:52 pm

    The Simpsons, Mad Men, 30 Rock… did we miss any references in the video? Sound off with your favorite!

  4. Keallei

    July 20, 2019 at 12:03 am

    Moon landing audio visuals never get old. Always welcome is Neil’s famous line “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”

  5. Jeremy Benson

    July 26, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    Yeah, I don’t know. Could just as easily be photographs of the desert than the moon. For all the satellites they got up there you would think we would have a dozen streaming HD space channels. Why not give is 1000s of photos and videos of space, instead CG images of satellites?

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