# How we reached the Moon: Mankind’s incredible achievement

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Jerry Stone
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Astronomy and space, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/how-we-reached-moon-mankinds-incredible-achievement)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Current plans by both NASA and ESA's Aurora project propose manned flights to the Moon, but this will actually be a return to the Moon, around 40 years after the last man stood on its surface. Here is a chance to see how it was done originally, with contemporary video, images and artists' impressions - plus a Moon globe on which you can feel the craters, and a four-foot Saturn V rocket!

## Lectures

1. [How we reached the Moon: Mankind’s incredible achievement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/how-we-reached-moon-mankinds-incredible-achievement/db9c9969ef72) (YouTube)