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Cinco Ranch Branch Library will RE-OPEN on Monday, March 9. 

Cinco Ranch Branch patrons with hold items available for pickup on or before March 6, 2026, currently being held at the Fulshear Branch Library, should visit the Fulshear Branch to pick up those items. If another location is more convenient, please contact the Fulshear Branch Library to have your items rerouted to your preferred pickup location.

 
Any hold requests filled after March 6 will be held at the Cinco Ranch Branch and will be available during its open hours. The pickup location will be indicated on your hold notification.

 

To the Moon: Apollo 11 Mission

Program Type:

Lectures, History/Genealogy

Age Group:

Teens, Adult
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Description

Fifty years ago, this July, NASA launched Apollo 11 to the moon.

What did it take to accomplish this history making mission? Hear an on the scene account from one of the NASA scientists who helped make that dream a reality.

Retired NASA physicist F. Don Cooper shares his experiences in creating the technology to launch Apollo 11 and how his team contributed to bring the Apollo 13 crew safely home in 1970. In the first hour, Mr. Cooper will demonstrate with his Saturn V rocket how we went to the moon and back. Then in the second, hour Mr. Cooper will explain what the guidance equations were, how they were derived, who created them, and how well they worked.