Restored Apollo 11 moonwalk video released

WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has made public a newly restored video from the July 20, 1969, live television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk.

The release commemorates the 40th anniversary of the first mission to land astronauts on the moon.

NASA officials said the initial video release is part of a larger Apollo 11 moonwalk restoration project, featuring 15 key moments from the historic lunar excursion of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The restoration effort is to be completed in September.

NASA Television will provide a high definition video feed of the Apollo footage hourly from 12-7 p.m. EDT Thursday and Friday. Each feed is one hour. NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information is available at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

A copy of the newly restored scenes from the Apollo 11 restoration effort can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html.