Thursday, July 16, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · Apollo 11 — launch day
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
On July 16, 1969, at 9:32 am EDT, Saturn V launched Apollo 11 from Florida. Today's pack walks the geography of the mission — from the pad to the people who built and flew it.
- 01
Drop a pin on the launch pad where Saturn V lifted Apollo 11 off the Earth on July 16, 1969.
● Saturn Causeway — Florida, United States
- Target
- 28.6082°, -80.6041°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the Houston mission control where 'Tranquility Base, the Eagle has landed' came in four days later.
● East NASA Parkway — Houston, Texas, United States
- Target
- 29.5503°, -95.0938°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the town where Neil Armstrong was born in 1930 — he carried a piece of the Wright brothers' Flyer to the moon.
● Leis Road — Ohio, United States
- Target
- 40.7053°, -84.3858°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the campus where MIT engineers built the Apollo Guidance Computer — the first integrated-circuit computer in flight.
● Massachusetts Avenue — Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Target
- 42.3601°, -71.0942°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the center where Wernher von Braun and his team designed the Saturn V rocket — the engine of Apollo.
● Allen Street Northwest — Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Target
- 34.7282°, -86.6498°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts