2009: THE 40-400 YEAR FOR ASTRONOMY AND SPACE
The year 2009 marks BOTH the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 flight which marked the first manned moon landing AND the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of a telescope on celestial objects
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing of July 20, 1969
- 40th Anniversary of the Apollo Lunar Landing page
- NASA Apollo Moon Landing page
- NASA - Apollo 40th Anniversary
- Popular Mechanics Magazine's 40th Anniversary page
- MIT Symposium on 40th Anniversary
- MIT Museum's Celebration announcement page
- Boston area Musuem celebrations page
- A YouTube page
- WikiPedia page on Apollo 11
- Announcement of special showing at the Hayden Planetarium at the Boston Museum of Science