National Air and Space Museum Archives

3000 Days: Man's Epic Journey to the Moon [Apollo 11] Audio Recording

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2020.0014
Creators:
National Broadcasting Company
Dates:
1969
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 vinyl disc audio recording
Repository:
Apollo 11 (16 July - 24 July 1969) was the fourth crewed flight of the Apollo program and the first crewed landing on the moon. This collection consists of one 12 inch vinyl disc audio recording entitled
3000 Days: Man's Epic Journey to the Moon
, produced by Dave Osburn, NBC Cleveland. The disc contains the coverage of the Apollo 11 mission as broadcast by WKYC Radio (NBC) to northern Ohio, and is narrated by Virgil Dominic, NBC News in Cleveland.
This collection is in English.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one 12 inch vinyl disc audio recording entitled
3000 Days: Man's Epic Journey to the Moon
, produced by Dave Osburn, NBC Cleveland. The disc contains the coverage of the Apollo 11 mission as broadcast by WKYC Radio (NBC) to northern Ohio, and is narrated by Virgil Dominic, NBC News in Cleveland. The recording was distributed through the Ohio Savings Association.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Collection is in original order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Apollo program began as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) long-term plan for lunar exploration. Apollo 11 (16 July - 24 July 1969) was the fourth crewed flight of the program and the first crewed landing on the moon. The mission objectives were to "perform a manned lunar landing and return; conduct scientific experiments; [and] collect soil and rock samples for return to Earth." The three-person crew, Neil A. Armstrong (Commander), Michael Collins (Command Module Pilot), and Edward E. Aldrin, Jr. (Lunar Module Pilot) accomplished all mission objectives. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon in the Sea of Tranquility at 3:17pm on July 20, 1969, and, six hours later, Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon at 9:55pm. The two men spent two hours outside the lunar module and gathered 21kg of lunar samples before lifting off at 12:54am July 21, 1969, to rendezvous with Collins.

Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Ryan Watkins, Gift, 2020, NASM.2020.0014
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2020.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
3000 Days: Man's Epic Journey to the Moon
[Apollo 11] Audio Recording, NASM.2020.0014, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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