Google Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing With a Doodle

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Google got some help from someone who was there: Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins.
Collins did not leave any boot prints on the moon, but he was “the ticket home” the the men who did, he told TIME in a recent interview.
While Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin descended to the lunar surface, Collins was tasked with staying in orbit and tending to the command module that would eventually return all three men safely home.
The animated video Google created for its Google Doodle shows the crew’s journey on the Saturn V rocket.

Collins said he, Armstrong and Aldrin realized the weight of history was on them as they embarked on the mission: “Neil, Buzz and I felt the weight of the world on our shoulders. It took around 400,000 people to land humankind on the moon,” Collins said in the Google Doodle video.

He also recalled his feeling of awe as he saw the moon for the first time
“The first time we saw the moon up close it was a magnificent spectacle. It was huge,” he said.
Collins also described the stunning effect of the sunlight on the moon’s surface, which was “cascading and making a golden halo, and filled our entire window.”
Despite, having a unique view of a place where no human had ever set foot, their gaze inevitably turned to the amazing sight of their distant home planet. “As impressive as the view was of this alien moon seen up clos...

Source: TIME: Science - July 19, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Julia Webster Tags: Uncategorized apollo1150 Google onetime Space Source Type: news