NASA Celebrates the fortieth anniversary of Apollo 11, humanity’s first landing on the moon.

Forty years ago, men from Earth began for the first time to leave our home planet and journey to the moon.

From 1968 to 1972, NASA’s Apollo astronauts tested out new spacecraft and journeyed to uncharted destinations.

To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Apollo, NASA created an Apollo 40 years logo.

The logo design was created by Crabtree + Co. Mark R. Hailey, NASA Televisions Art Director, created the animation