The Air and Space Museum launched its four-day celebration of the moon landing’s 50th anniversary by projecting an image onto the Washington Memorial of the Apollo 11 takeoff.
The full-scale image of Saturn V will adorn the iconic 555-foot obelisk for three days.
FOX 5 captured an impressive preview along the National Mall early Monday morning when an image of a full-sized, 363-foot Saturn V rocket was projected onto the Washington Monument ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon launch! DETAILS: https://t.co/AQNwowG7Tq pic.twitter.com/ntSWJMD7RW
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“The Washington Monument is a symbol of our collective national achievements and what we can and will achieve in the future. It took 400,000 people from across the 50 states to make Apollo a reality. This program celebrates them, and we hope it inspires generations too young to have experienced Apollo firsthand to define their own moonshot,” Ellen Stofan, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum director, said to DCist.com.
The projection is just one part of the celebration, which also includes “Apollo 50: Go to the Moon” event, a 17-minute presentation that will occur July 19 and 20 by the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall. The festivities mark a half-century since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.
