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THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
PROJECT APOLLO Movie-maker looking to launch Apollo workers’ stories Patrick McCallister FOR VETERAN VOICE
pmccallister@veteranvoiceweekly.com
There was a time when about 400,000 people worked on Project Apollo. They were scattered throughout the country across 20,000 firms and universities, as well as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other federal agencies. But many worked and lived in Brevard County. Many probably still do. The 12 humans who’d set foot on the moon — plenty of documentary filmmakers have interviewed them. Today, however, documentary director Zachary Weil is instead looking for the other countless men and women who were a part of Apollo’s grand mission to the Moon. “We’re really interested in trying to peel back the layers and explore the experiences of those everyday people,” Weil said. He added, “I think it would be a very interesting window into the project and what it meant to the country.”
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On July 16, 1969, the huge, 363-feet tall Saturn V rocket launches on the Apollo 11 mission from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:32 a.m. EDT. Onboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 was the United States’ first lunar landing mission. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module “Eagle” to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Collins remained with the Command and Service Modules “Columbia” in lunar orbit. CREDIT: NASA