Students Learn About Apollo 11 Mission

It's a lesson that was 40 years in the making. Now, thanks to technology, students are gaining a new appreciation for one of the most defining moments of the 20th century.

It's a major landstone they weren't around to witness, but for a group of students from Seabrook Intermediate School, the Apollo 11 mission has come back to life.

From the launch to the landing and astronauts' return, sixth grade science magnet students experienced a virtual lesson that was almost like being right there.

From the school library, they linked-up with mission control at Johnson Space Center and relived the historic journey through the eyes of Jerry Woodfill, a NASA veteran who was there when it happened.

Seabrook students were joined by kids from all over, including Indiana, to South Dakota and as far away as Iceland.

And four decades after America dared to put a man on the moon, man's small steps into history are influencing big leaps into the future of science and Building Better Minds.