1 00:00:17,380 --> 00:00:10,660 July 20th 1969 the day that changed our 2 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:17,390 place in space forever when Neil 3 00:00:23,110 --> 00:00:19,730 Armstrong took his small step in our 4 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:23,120 giant leap the whole world was watching 5 00:00:27,190 --> 00:00:25,910 you know it was kind of like hard to 6 00:00:30,250 --> 00:00:27,200 believe that this was really happening 7 00:00:31,690 --> 00:00:30,260 in front of our eyes I remember that my 8 00:00:39,730 --> 00:00:31,700 parents were huddled around the 9 00:00:41,890 --> 00:00:39,740 television the astronauts are the names 10 00:00:44,650 --> 00:00:41,900 we know but they're not the only heroes 11 00:00:47,410 --> 00:00:44,660 of this story the engineers the 12 00:00:51,180 --> 00:00:47,420 geologists the physicists the chemists 13 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:51,190 the biologists they were all explorers 14 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:54,770 NASA explorers Apollo is an audio series 15 00:00:59,260 --> 00:00:56,810 that tells the stories behind the people 16 00:01:01,030 --> 00:00:59,270 who helped make Apollo happen and the 17 00:01:04,450 --> 00:01:01,040 people who are still discovering things 18 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:04,460 about our Moon today we look forward to 19 00:01:09,129 --> 00:01:06,710 the future of lunar exploration as much 20 00:01:11,679 --> 00:01:09,139 as we celebrate our past and ask 21 00:01:14,980 --> 00:01:11,689 questions like what are we still 22 00:01:17,819 --> 00:01:14,990 learning about our Moon what happened to 23 00:01:20,410 --> 00:01:17,829 the lost data of the Apollo era and 24 00:01:24,039 --> 00:01:20,420 Howard today's scientists helping us 25 00:01:26,349 --> 00:01:24,049 prepare to go back you can listen to 26 00:01:29,649 --> 00:01:26,359 NASA explorers on Apple podcasts 27 00:01:31,359 --> 00:01:29,659 SoundCloud in Google Play you can also 28 00:01:33,110 --> 00:01:31,369 find the series on the NASA Explorer