Apollo 11 App

The entire eight-day Apollo 11 mission is coming to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, from the BAFTA-nominated team behind Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone.

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RIP Neil Armstrong – an inspiration for so many people around the world.

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(We're still hard at work creating @apollo11app, but couldn't let the anniversary pass without sharing that classic James Burke video!)

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43 years ago today, three men began an extraordinary journey… http://t.co/NNkWVsK7

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

In 1969, Apollo 11 got back from the moon in under half the time it took to get from Boston to New York by coach in 1769

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Our audio collaborator, @ollycoates, is on @bbcradio3 at 00:22 playing a brand new piece of music created for the app. http://t.co/NkBo7EG5

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The new track will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction on April 12th – do listen out for it! http://t.co/NkBo7EG5

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Our audio collaborator, @ollycoates, has recorded a new track for the app as part of a @bbcradio3 session with composer Max de Wardener.

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Jeff Bezos has located Apollo 11's rockets, 14,000ft beneath the sea – and he's planning to raise them.
http://t.co/TvR0T6Ds (via @iamleeg)

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Space Shuttle launch videos are always pretty incredible. This one, however, is all about the sound. Wow. http://t.co/7JtZ6vUH

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

For all Apollo moonlanding fans in the North, there is a great event in October - details here http://t.co/XGsCAz1s

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Why the man in the moon faces Earth: http://t.co/Wp70kEmi (via @RogerHighfield)

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Brilliant! From Apollo 11 to SpaceShipOne, Smithsonian aims to make objects in its collection 3D-printable http://t.co/4eAjrDIF

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According to @BBCNews, an Apollo 11 moon rock – worth up to $5m – is buried in a rubbish dump in Ireland. http://t.co/Cz0uhvlV

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Here's David Woods (@hafttm), our Apollo Advisor, on why flying in space really is just “falling, with style”: http://t.co/vbHGICG7

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@RogerHighfield We will! (*codes at high speed*)

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@RogerHighfield Thank you for the mention! Credit also goes to @alysonf & @prehensile, who are doing most of the hard work on the project :)

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Communicating the enormity of space on a 3″ by 2″ screen is no small task. @prehensile describes The Scale Problem. http://t.co/oNFnb3di

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Olly is creating audio textures and soundscapes to accompany the app’s storyline. It’s great to have him on board. http://t.co/XnLhdMbd

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Exciting news – @ollycoates, cellist and artist in residence at the Southbank Centre, has joined the Apollo 11 team! http://t.co/KKPBYrDZ

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@AdamRutherford Oh, that's lovely! We're hoping to achieve exactly that balance of interesting facts and curated stories in the app.