It's thanks to the Parkes Observatory in Australia that people around the world got to see the moon landing on television screens in 1969.
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. One of the biggest challenges that NASA scientists faced was the liftoff from the moon's surface. On The Takeaway to talk about lunar liftoff challenges is planetary scientist Dan Durda.
On the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, The Takeaway talks to Kate Rubins, who has been accepted to NASA's 2009 Astronaut Candidate Class, and Tina Druskins, a high school sophomore who just got back from Space Camp.
Four decades ago, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin took off in Apollo 11, straight to the moon. To reflect on the moon landing and on NASA today, The Takeaway is joined by NASA's current acting administrator, Christopher Scolese.