Monday, July 20, 2026 · america_250

America 250 · Moon landing

5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon at 10:56 pm EDT. Today's pack walks five places that made it possible — the hometowns of the three crew, the tracking station, and the cape they left from.

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01
Drop a pin on the launch pad Apollo 11 left from — the crew were on the moon four days later.
● Saturn Causeway — Florida, United States
Did you know?
Tranquility Base, where Eagle landed, sits at 0.6741°N 23.4730°E on the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours 36 minutes on the surface; their moonwalk lasted 2 hours 31 minutes.
Target
28.6082°, -80.6041°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
02
Drop a pin on the town where Buzz Aldrin was born in 1930 — second man on the moon.
● Este Place — Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
Did you know?
Aldrin took Communion in the lunar module before the moonwalk, using a wafer and wine sent up by his Presbyterian church. He'd been told not to broadcast it after the Apollo 8 Genesis reading drew complaints.
Target
40.8259°, -74.1865°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
03
Drop a pin on the Chicago hometown of Michael Collins — the command module pilot who orbited alone while Armstrong and Aldrin walked.
● North Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive — Chicago, Illinois, United States
Did you know?
Collins orbited 60 miles above the moon while his crewmates walked, losing radio contact every time he passed behind the far side — he later called those 48 minutes per orbit 'as alone as anyone has ever been.'
Target
41.9028°, -87.6195°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
04
Drop a pin on the Australian tracking station that captured the first TV pictures of the moonwalk — broadcast to roughly 600 million people.
● Solar Parade — Canberra, Australia
Did you know?
The first nine minutes of Armstrong's moonwalk came via Honeysuckle Creek's dish. Mission Control then switched to the larger dish at Parkes — a story dramatized in the 2000 film 'The Dish.'
Target
-35.4015°, 148.9819°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
05
Drop a pin on the Pacific Ocean splashdown point where Apollo 11 returned on July 24, 1969 — recovered by the USS Hornet.
Did you know?
The crew was quarantined for 21 days in a converted Airstream trailer aboard the USS Hornet — in case of moon germs. NASA dropped quarantines after Apollo 14 once it became clear the moon was sterile.
Target
13.3167°, -169.1500°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts

America 250 · Moon landing

Drop a pin on the launch pad Apollo 11 left from — the crew were on the moon four days later.

Drop a pin on the town where Buzz Aldrin was born in 1930 — second man on the moon.

Drop a pin on the Chicago hometown of Michael Collins — the command module pilot who orbited alone while Armstrong and Aldrin walked.

Drop a pin on the Australian tracking station that captured the first TV pictures of the moonwalk — broadcast to roughly 600 million people.

Drop a pin on the Pacific Ocean splashdown point where Apollo 11 returned on July 24, 1969 — recovered by the USS Hornet.