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Apollo 11: To the moon on a Boyacá sheep’s back

By Steve Hide July 20, 2019
Apollo 11's Eagle Luna Lander on the moon, 50 years ago today. Photo: NASA
Apollo 11’s Eagle Luna Lander on the moon, 50 years ago today. Photo: NASA

Colombian (and pre-Columbian) handiwork finds its place in space.

Looking back 50 years to Apollo 11’s historic lift-off, it’s hard to believe the small crew capsule perched high on the massive Saturn V rocket was lined with sheep’s wool from Boyacá.

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Steve Hide

Steve Hide is a veteran journalist and NGO consultant with decades of experience working in Colombia and around the world. He has coordinated logistics for international NGOs in countries including Colombia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. He provides personal safety training for journalists via the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and his journalistic work has appeared in The Telegraph, The Independent, The Bogotá Post and more. He's also the Editor in Chief of Colombiacorners.com, where he writes about roads less travelled across Colombia.

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