At how the lab contributed to the Apollo Program and moon landings. What scientists learned about the rocks and other materials gathered during the mission. The event took place on the gpl campus in pasadena california. Welcome to Nasas Jet Propulsion Laboratory in pasadena california. I am preston dikes. Three human beings set out on a journey across a mortar dashed across a quarter of a million miles of space to the moon. Two of them sat down on a fragile set down on a fragile landing craft. For that one human being to make that small step took the focused efforts of hundreds of thousands of people. Did not playch leading roles in the apollo effort. For all who contributed to wholo, as for all of us even play small role in the States Program today, the true reward lay not in the glory of the moment but to contributing to something greater. Jpls primary role during this festering apollo, deep Space Network was used to receive tv transitions from the moon. It was a vital communication