Posted by Catie Foertsch on Tue, Jul 14, 2009 @ 07:14 AM
What an amazingly interesting world we live in. The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour has been re-scheduled for Wednesday July 15 at 6:03 p.m. EDT. And thanks to NASA and USTREAM (and your tax dollars) you can watch the launch and the entire mission on live web video AND you can embed the live video feed on any website page. (Unfortunately the video plays automatically, which is quite distracting in a blog and which is why I've un-embedded it here.)
In case you miss the Endeavour launch and mission, watch this video of the August 2007 Endeavour launch.
And - we are coming up on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first time human beings walked on the moon. The launch was on July 20, 1969, and to commemorate the mission, the JFK Library has an awesome website that lets you watch not just the launch but the entire mission in real time, as it unfolded. Go there now and check out the Mission Tracker, photos and videos of John F. Kennedy, 3D views of Apollo 11 on the launch pad, and so much more. Watch an excerpt from Kennedy's speech at Rice University in 1962, announcing his intention to send a man to the moon. (You can also follow the mission on Twitter.) It'll give you a lump in your throat to watch - all over again - as a visionary president and our American determination to succeed put the very first footsteps, and our flag, on the Moon.