NASA Commemorates 55th Anniversary of Apollo Mission, First Human Landing on the Moon

One of the Apollo astronauts who landed on the Moon (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA – Apollo, the first human landing mission on the Moon, is one of the major missions driven by NASA. The manned space mission held on July 20, 1969 will be 55 years old.

To celebrate this historic mission, NASA plans to hold a week-long commemorative event. The US space agency will hold virtual and face-to-face activities for a week. This event will involve all countries.

The activity, which began on Monday, July 15, will commemorate the various technologies and techniques that supported the Apollo mission and the various discoveries that are still used today. NASA will also highlight Apollo's successor mission, Artemis.

"This activity will highlight NASA's Artemis campaign which includes the landing of the first woman, the first person of color, and the first international astronaut on the Moon, which inspired great achievements, exploration, and scientific discovery," NASA said on its official website.

NASA will also hold additional events at several of its facilities, such as the Michoud Assembly Facility, Johnson Space Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Houston Space Center.

All of these facilities will hold different events, ranging from holding a free rocket model contest, holding a panel entitled Exploring the Moon: The Artemis Generation, to creating an impromptu science laboratory.

All of these events, including virtual and face-to-face meetings held by NASA, will end on Thursday, July 25. During the Apollo commemoration, NASA will share photos of Apollo astronauts' footprints on the Moon and enliven the Apollo11 ​​hashtag on social media.