NASA Adds Events to Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Historic Moon Landing
 The logo for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing gives a nod to the past with a few elements borrowed from the original Apollo program emblem, and a glimpse into the future with a graphic depiction of NASA’s vision for the next half-century of deep space exploration. The arc through the word “Apollo” represents Earth’s limb, or horizon, as seen from a spacecraft. It serves as a reminder of how the first views of Earth from the Moon – one of NASA’s crowning achievements — forever transformed the way we see ourselves as human beings. It also affirms NASA’s intention to continue pushing the boundaries of knowledge and delivering on the promise of American ingenuity and leadership in space.
Credits: NASA/Matthew Skeins
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NASA is offering new opportunities, in addition to those announced July 2, for America to celebrate with the agency the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon mission and look to the future of exploration on the Moon and Mars.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo craft launches from Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 2:48 a.m. EDT May 4, 2019 on the company’s 17th Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA to the International Space Station.
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crew members Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) pose for pictures July 5, 2019, in front of their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft during prelaunch preparations. They will launch July 20, 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for their mission on the International Space Station.