Way Better Than Sci Fi: Moon Landing Memories, From A to Z

Artist Statement

Just a few months after coming to the US as a teen, I was thrilled and engrossed in the Apollo mission. I wondered if they could they really land on the moon and return safely to earth. These are some of my memories of the exciting moon journey.

• Apollo 11 Astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins
• Boot prints
• Columbia Command and Service Module craters
• Date: July 20,1969
• Eagle EVA: 2 hours 36 minutes
• Emotions: amazing! exciting! euphoria! incredible!
• Fuel: only 25-30 seconds of fuel left
• Glued to the TV
• Heroes
• Isolation : Michael Collins circled the moon alone while the other two astronauts landed there
• J-2 Engines
• (President) Kennedy’s 1961 goal accomplished!
• Lunar Module 21 hours, 36 minutes on the moon’s surface
• Moon walk 10 56 pm
• Sea of Tranquility 21 ½ hours on the moon
• (Approximately ) 50 pounds moon rocks
• NASA
• “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!” Neil Armstrong’s quote
• Pride
• Quarantined for 21 days
• Reflections in visor
• Saturn V rocket launch
• Touchdown moon July 20, at 4:18 p.m. EDT 102 hours, 45 minutes, and 43 seconds after launch
• United States Victory winning the race against the Russians
• Viewers of moonwalk : Over 500,000,000 according to NASA
• Walter Cronkite CBS News TV anchor narration
• XI: Apollo land first man on the moon
• Yaw Maneuver
• Zero gravity

Materials

Beads, buttons, charms, crystals, ribbons, ric rac, sequins, cottons, net, trims.