NASA to release restored Apollo 11 moonwalk video

On Thursday, July 16, NASA is to release greatly improved video imagery from the July 1969 live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk.

The release will feature 15 key moments from Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's historic moonwalk using what is believed to be the best available broadcast-format copies of the lunar excursion, some of which had been locked away for nearly 40 years.

The initial video released Thursday is part of a comprehensive Apollo 11 moonwalk restoration project expected to be completed by the fall.

The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's Internet homepage.

For NASA TV downlink information, schedule information and streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv