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Primary Sources

1. "Buzz Aldrin Interview." Interview with Buzz Aldrin. National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2015.
This is the overview of the Apollo 11 mission where Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and
Michael Collins landed on the moon and returned to Earth safely. This source provides basic
information of what the most important things that happened during the mission and the
dates that they happened in.
2. "First Explorers on the Moon." Man Walks on Another World National
Geographic Magazine. History, Dec. 1969. Web. 09 Dec. 2015.
<http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/1969/12/moon-landing/astronauts-text>.
This source tells just how much of an achievement was in the eyes of the citizens of earth on at
the time of apollo 11. It contains actual dialogue from the crew and their call to president Nixon.
Published in 1969, people had fresh eyes on space exploration and what could be possible.
3. "Apollo 11 Mission Overview." NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
This source provides information about apollo 11 including, mission highlights, and mission overview.
This is relevant because it helps us understand what had happened during apollo 11 in space. We
can use all their quantitative data to put into our research to have an accurate understanding of
Apollo 11.

Secondary Sources
1. White, Frank. "Apollo 11 and the Overview Institute." Apollo 11 and the Overview
Effect. The Overview Institute, 2012. Web. 09 Dec. 2015.
This article is about how apollo 11 affected the world and how it marked a moment when
human courage and ingenuity showed us what we could do if we worked together towards
something. This article is useful towards our research because it gives us an example of
how Apollo 11 changed history and the effects it had on the world.
2. Ghajar, Lee Ann. "Teaching History.org, Home of the National History Education
Clearinghouse." Forty Years Ago: One Giant Leap for Mankind. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec.
2015.
This source is an accurate account of what happened in Apollo 11. Yes, it is relevant to our
research because it talks about apollo 11 and how it marked the end of the space race. It can
help us understand more of apollo 11 because this source uses other resources that are
accurate.
3. "We Choose the Moon: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Lunar
Landing." We Choose the Moon: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Lunar
Landing. AOL News, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015. <http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/>.
This website contains accurate animations of the apollo 11 mission. It also contains pictures,
files, and reports. This website can help us understand more of the actual dynamics of the mission. It
will also give us other perspectives of the apollo 11 mission.

Primary Sources
1. North of the Apollo 11 Landing Site. Digital image. Apollo 11 Landing Site
Overview. Lunar and Planetary Institute, n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/images/n_boulders_lg.gif>.
This image is the north side where Apollo 11 landed on the moon. This source is helpful
because it gives us something to look at when thinking of Apollo 11 and what the
astronauts were looking at. We can see the moons surface and the dark emptiness of
outer space.
2. Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. Flag on the Moon. Digital image. Apollo 11:
Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. Flag on the Moon. National Air and Space Museum, n.d. Web.
13 Dec. 2015. <https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/multimedia/detail.cfm?
id=2192>.
This image is of when Buzz Aldrin planted the U.S. flag on the moon. This source
contributes to our website because it shows us the accomplishments that we have made
in history. It also shows that America can accomplish anything.
3. "Buzz Aldrin Interview." Interview with Buzz Aldrin. Scholastic, n.d. Web. 10 Dec.
2015. <http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/apollo11/interview.htm>.
This source provides an interview with one of the main crew men of Apollo 11 from
1998.They talk about the mission and how he went from dreaming of science fiction and
space to walking on the moon.
4. "Apollo 11 Landing on the Moon, 1969 (primary Source Audio
Recording)."Historymartinezs Blog. N.p., 27 Oct. 2010. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
This resource is a primary resource with audio recordings from apollo 11. We can analyze
the audio recording to hear what they said when they said it. This recording is about 13
minutes long with useful information about their trip on the moon.

Secondary Sources
1. Rosenberg, Jennifer. "How Neil Armstrong Became the First Man on the Moon."
About.com Education. About.com, n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2015.
<http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/firstmanmoon.htm>
This article is about the first man on the moon which was Neil Armstrong and how their
mission went. This source will give us information from a secondary source and how
they saw the mission. Its a second perspective on the mission.
2. "Apollo 11." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.history.com/topics/apollo-11>
History.com provides a very simplistic and easy to understand rundown of the mission.
This summary contains the most important parts of the apollo 11 mission.From a trusted
source this website is very accurate.

3. "Apollo 11 Lands the First Man on the Moon in 1969." NY Daily News. NY Daily
New, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015. <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/apollo-11lands-man-moon-1969-article-1.2294428>.
This website provides a newspaper issue of the time of the launch of Apollo 11. It
contains pictures of the newspaper and all you need to know about the newspaper which
is quite informal as well.
4. "Apollo 11: The Computers That Put Man on the Moon." ComputerWeekly. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015. <http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Apollo-11-Thecomputers-that-put-man-on-the-moon>.
This website tells about the technology that made Apollo 11 possible. This source helps
us understand the actual process and all the computers technology.

Primary
1. "The Plaque Left on the Moon." About.com Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015.
I think this source is primary because of its pictures. It has 64 pictures of everything of apollo
11. Pictures of the plaque left on the moon and the testing of smaller crafts. From this source
we can use the pictures in our website and we can use the pictures to see what they were
working with back then.
2. "Apollo 11 TV Broadcast - Neil Armstrong First Step on Moon." YouTube. YouTube,
n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtwSgvstl8c>.
One of the most historic videos ever taken, the apollo 11 moon landing, with Armstrongs
famous words. The closest you could be to the moon would be watching this TV broadcast
the day of its original premier.
3. NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_359a.html>.
This source is an image of the launch of the Apollo 11 space mission. It will give us an
image of what the rocket looked like and how the day was during their launch.

Secondary
1. "MOON LANDING FACTS: Apollo 11 at 40." National Geographic. National
Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015.
This secondary source talks about facts of the moon landing apollo 11. Included in this page
are quotes from other people about apollo 11 aswell. This was published in 2009 which is the
40th anniversary of the moon landing. We can use this resource to help back up our facts on
our website.
2. "Apollo 11 Yesterday, Next Giant Leap Tomorrow on This Week
@NASA."YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3kH3WfpDKW0>.
This source is a video that celebrates the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 space
mission. This will help us by giving us others people perspective of how the mission
went.

3. "The History Place - Apollo 11." The History Place - Apollo 11. The History Place,
n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/apollo11/>.
This website is a good Source to add and adds links to NASA and other Primary
sources. pictures and audio bytes are also included which puts you in the place of the
brave astronauts of apollo 11.

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