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Originally posted by sjtill:
Comet24–is that a projection, or what? Please explain or post link.

We are in DC this week, planning on going to the Udvar-Hazy Center, but may go to Mall as well.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
Comet24–is that a projection, or what? Please explain or post link.

We are in DC this week, planning on going to the Udvar-Hazy Center, but may go to Mall as well.

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On Friday and Saturday, the museum will also host a 17-minute show "Apollo 50: Go for the Moon," which combines "full-motion projection-mapping artwork on the monument and archival footage on screens on the National Mall to recreate the launch of Apollo 11," according to a press release from the Air and Space Museum.

The free show runs three times on both nights: 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

You can check out the free show at the viewing areas on the National Mall in front of the Smithsonian Castle between 9th and 12th streets. The viewing area will be outfitted with full sound, projection screens and a 40-foot-wide recreation of the countdown clock that was at the Kennedy Space Center.

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The 1969 moon landing turned an achievement seen only in the imagination and sci-fi movies into a most improbable television event, a live broadcast starring Neil Armstrong and a desolate landscape.

The astounding images from more than 200,000 miles away mesmerized viewers, a feat TV hopes to replicate leading up to the Apollo 11 mission's 50th anniversary on July 20.

There's a galaxy of programs about the science, the people and the sheer wonder of the voyage, including documentaries with footage and audio not made public before and, of course, modern special effects to make it all the more vivid.

Among the highlights (all times EDT):

— "Apollo: Missions to the Moon," National Geographic, 9 p.m. Sunday. The two-hour film by Tom Jennings uses a mix of TV and radio news accounts, home movies, NASA footage and previously unaired mission control audio recordings to revisit all the manned Apollo missions.

— "The Day We Walked on the Moon," 9 p.m. Sunday, Smithsonian Channel. A by-the-minute description of the day of the moon mission by those who were part of it, including astronaut Michael Collins, and those who viewed it from afar, such as Queen guitarist and scientist Brian May.

— "American Experience: Chasing the Moon," PBS and pbs.org, 9 p.m. July 8-10 (check local listings). Robert Stone's six-hour documentary, narration-free and using only archival footage, tracks the space race from its start to the lunar landing and beyond, examining the scientific innovation, politics, personal drama and media spectacle that propelled it.

— "From the Earth to the Moon," HBO platforms starting July 15. The 1998 miniseries is back with its original visual effects replaced by computer-generated ones based, according to HBO, on NASA reference models. The cast includes Sally Field, Gary Cole and Tom Hanks, who also produced the drama available on HBO Go, HBO Now and HBO On Demand. A HBO channel marathon airing of all 12 episodes begins at 8:45 a.m. July 20.

— "8 Days: To the Moon and Back," PBS, 9 p.m. July 17 (check local listings). Co-produced by PBS and BBC Studios, the new film tracks the mission from countdown to splashdown with a combination of recently declassified audio, interviews with the Apollo 11 crew, mission re-enactments, archival TV news footage and photographs.

— "NASA's Giant Leaps: Past and Future," NASA TV and Discovery Science Channel, 1 p.m. July 19. A salute to the Apollo astronauts and to the space agency's future missions, broadcast from the Kennedy Space Center and with segments from the Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Museum of Flight in Seattle, where the Apollo 11 command module is on display.

— "Apollo: The Forgotten Films," Discovery, 8 p.m. July 20. Footage from NASA, the National Archives, news reports and other sources provides a behind-the-scenes look at how engineers, scientists and astronauts achieved the moon landing goal set earlier in the decade by President John F. Kennedy.

— "The National Symphony Orchestra Pops presents Apollo 11: A Fiftieth Anniversary," PBS, 9 p.m. July 20. NASA, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the symphony collaborated for this musical and visual tribute to the moon landing, with appearances by Pharrell Williams, Natasha Bedingfield and LeVar Burton. Meredith Vieira and Adam Savage host.

— "Apollo 11," CNN, 9 p.m. July 20. The documentary film from director-producer Todd Douglas Miller recounts the mission from the Saturn V rocket's transport to its launch pad to the astronauts' return to Earth, using newly discovered 70mm footage, extensive audio recordings and other digitized and restored material from the National Archives and NASA.

— "Moon Landing Live," BBC America, 9 p.m. July 20. News archives from around the world and NASA footage are used to recount the mission's ambition and achievement and how it captured international attention.

— "Confessions from Space: Apollo," Discovery, 10 p.m. July 20. The program with the tabloid-sounding title gathers six astronauts who took part in Apollo program missions to jointly share their memories and insights. Among them are Apollo 11's Collins and Buzz Aldrin and Charles Duke of Apollo 16.

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July 18, Thursday
7 a.m., 2 p.m., 10 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Moon 101 Series - Episode 4: The Crust of the Moon (Public Channel)
8 a.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Crew Interviews (June 9, 1989) with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (All Channels)
9 a.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary – The Flight of Apollo 11 (All Channels)
10 a.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary – Documentary: 1969-1989 (All Channels)
4 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Documentary: For All Mankind (Public Channel)
5 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Documentary: Moonwalk One (All Channels)
7 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary – In the Shadow of the Moon (All Channels)

July 19, Friday
7 a.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Moon 101 Series - Episode 4: The Crust of the Moon (Public Channel)
8 a.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Mission Control: Human Spaceflight (All Channels)
10 a.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Documentary: For All Mankind (All Channels)
1 p.m. – NASA’s Giant Leaps: Past and Future – Celebrating Apollo 50th as We Go Forward to the Moon (All Channels)
3 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - STEM: Forward to the Moon (All Channels)
6 p.m, 9 p.m.. – Replay - NASA’s Giant Leaps: Past and Future - Celebrating Apollo 50th as We Go Forward to the Moon (All Channels)
8 p.m. – Replay - Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - STEM: Forward to the Moon (All Channels)

July 20, Saturday
7 a.m., 2 p.m., 10 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Moon 101 Series - Episode 4: The Crust of the Moon (Public Channel)
8 a.m. – Replay - NASA’s Giant Leaps: Past and Future - Celebrating Apollo 50th as we Go Forward to the Moon (All Channels)
10 a.m. – Replay - NASA’s Giant Leaps: Past and Future - Celebrating Apollo 50th as We Go Forward to the Moon (All Channels)
3 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Mission Control: Human Spaceflight (All Channels)
4:02 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary – Replay of CBS Live Broadcast of the Landing on the Moon (Public Channel)
10:38 p.m. - Apollo 11 50th Anniversary – Replay of the Historic Apollo 11 Moonwalk (All Channels)

July 21, Sunday
7 a.m., 2 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary - Moon 101 Series - Episode 4: The Crust of the Moon (Public Channel)
8 a.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary – The Flight of Apollo 11 (All Channels)
9 p.m. - NASA’s Giant Leaps: Past and Future - Celebrating Apollo 50th as We Go Forward to the Moon (All Channels)

July 23, Tuesday
3 p.m. – NASA Science Live: 50 Years of Apollo (All Channels)

July 24, Wednesday
12:45 p.m. – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary – Command Module Recovery with remarks from President Richard Nixon (All Channels)