Apollo 11 at 40: The countdown begins

As the 40th anniversary approaches of the launch of the first mission to land on the moon July 16, follow the countdown here at a site set up by the John F. Kennedy Library, which will re-create the Apollo 11 mission in real time.

The project has set up two Twitter feeds: Follow  @AP11_CAPCOM for all the updates from Launch and Mission Control. Follow @AP_11SPACECRAFT for tweets from Michael, Neil, and Buzz.

In the days ahead Municipalist will be taking a look at how NASA itself has gone about telling its own story using the Web.