Apollo & Virginia: The Apollo 11 Moon landing (July 21, 1969) forever changed our understanding of humanity’s limitations and furthered man’s collective fascination with interplanetary travel. While humankind is certain of when we got to the Moon, many do not know the important role Virginia played in getting us there.
The history of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton reveals the complex and sometimes dangerous work that needs to happen to take us to infinity and beyond. The VMHC has partnered with Langley to present a special section of the exhibition that explores Virginia's place in the story of how the U.S. went from having the smallest aeronautics program in the Western world to becoming the first nation to land an astronaut on the Moon.
