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Today is the 50th anniversary of #Apollo11 landing on the moon! To celebrate this feat of engineering, ASME has put together articles about everything from the lunar module's engineers to the best movies movies about the moon. Here we go! #Apollo50ASME #Apollo50 #Apollo50th
"When I was there working on it, it was more like, 'We've got a job to do, we’re engineers, we can get the job done.'"

The engineers who built the lunar module look back: bit.ly/2Z1Vl40

#Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
Hear from those engineers in the own words in the latest episode of the ASME TechCast. Listen now: bit.ly/2LxaFma

#Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
It wasn't just men who put men on the moon. Meet 11 women who played a vital role in the success of the Apollo program. bit.ly/2LvlJQK
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Before we even landed on the moon, filmmakers were imagining what it would look like. Here are eight incredible onscreen depictions of humans heading to the moon: bit.ly/2YYRF2T #Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
President Kennedy's famous speech inspired engineers even as they faced unprecedented technical challenges.

As one engineer said: "We didn’t know what failure meant and we knew we could do it." bit.ly/2Lxe8km

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So what's next for the moon? We talked to John Thornton, whose company, @astrobotic, is planning a cargo launch to the moon in 2021. bit.ly/2Z45ywL #Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
And now let's look way, way ahead. Today we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of #Apollo11, but what will the 500th anniversary look like? Our preview of the year 2469: bit.ly/2LwBx5F #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
We've got even more moon content! Over on our Facebook page, we have videos featuring the engineers who built the lunar module and a historic conversation of Apollo flight directors and astronauts. #Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME facebook.com/asme.org
And we have videos and photos from Apollo astronauts and other fun stuff on Instagram: instagram.com/asmedotorg

Hint: keep an eye on our Instagram Story tonight!
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ASME is thrilled to celebrate #Apollo11. As we look back on that historic day in 1969, let's remember not just the technical expertise that took us to the moon, but the brave, spirited people who made the journey possible. #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
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