Component: Fuel CellsPrimary Contractor: Pratt & Whitney (Now part of UTC)Location of work: East Hartford, CT

Component: Lunar Module EaglePrimary Contractor: GrummanCorporation (Now Northrop Grumman)Location of work: Bethpage, NY

Component: Instrument Unit HT1 MountsPrimary Contractor: LORD CorporationLocation of work: Erie, PA

Component: Apollo GuidanceComputerPrimary Contractor: RaytheonLocation of work: Sudbury, MA

Component: Tower Jettison Motorof Launch Escape SystemPrimary Contractor: Thiokol Chemical Corporation (Now part of NorthropGrumman)Location of work: Elkton, MD

Component: Two-Way S-Band Communication Transponders Primary Contractor: General Dynamics Mission Systems Location of work: Scottsdale, AZ

Component: Heat Shield MaterialsPrimary Contractor: Avco Corporation (Now Textron Systems Corporation) Location of work: Lowell, MA

Component: Telemetry SystemsPrimary Contractor: Harris Corp. (Now L3Harris)Location of work: Melbourne, FL

Component: Command & Service Module ColumbiaPrimary Contractor: North American Rockwell Corporation (Now part of Boeing)Location of work: Tulsa, OK; Downey, CA

Component: Launch Escape Motor and Pitch Control MotorPrimary Contractor: LockheedCorporation (Now Lockheed Martin)Location of work: Mentoe, CA

Component: Stabilization andEnvironmental Control SystemPrimary Contractor: HoneywellLocation of work: Minneapolis, MN

Building a Legacy:Industry’s Role in Apollo 11

Component: Saturn V F-1 & J-2 Rocket EnginesPrimary Contractor: Rocketdyne (NowAerojet Rocketdyne)Location of work:Canoga Park, CA; Stennis, MS; Huntsville, AL

Component: Saturn V RocketPrimary Contractor: BoeingLocation of work: New Orleans, LA; Los Angeles, CA; Cape Canaveral, FL

In 1962, the American government laid out a bold goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. But NASA couldn’t do it alone. More than 370,000 contractors from the aerospace and defense industry and academia worked on the Apollo program. As we celebrate Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins’ Apollo 11 mission, we recognize just some of the industry’s many contributions.