As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 when the U.S. won the Space Race being the first to land men on the moon, NASA & commercial partners: Astobotic, Artemis, Intuitive Machines, LRO, Orbit Beyond are preparing to return the moon.

From the Grissom Center, Rob Kelso, retired NASA Flight Director of 25 Space Shuttle Missions explains the importance of exploring the moon’s water.

Additional public domain footage & video courtesy of: NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Apollo 11 Flight Journal (Audio synchronisation by Stephen Slater), Astrobotic, Artemis, Intuitive Machines, LRO, Orbit Beyond, For more information visit www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars