Elmhurst History Museum: Destination Moon Exhibit Pops Up On EHM Lawn

Elmhurst IL

02 July, 2021

12:47 AM

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Press release from the Elmhurst History Museum: July 1, 2021 A pop-up poster exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution's Traveling Exhibition Services Dates: July 1- August 29, 2021 Location: Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. Park Ave., Elmhurst On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 met President John F. Kennedy's 1961 challenge of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." The poster exhibition, Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission, explores what led the United States to accept this challenge and how the resulting 953,054-mile voyage to the Moon and back was accomplished just eight years after the program was authorized. Destination Moon examines the mission and recognizes the sacrifices and devotion of more than 400,000 people employed in NASA programs who worked through the trials, tragedies and triumphs of the 20 missions from 1961 to 1969 before Apollo 11.  More Info... This press release was produced by the Elmhurst History Museum. The views expressed here are the author's own.