Showcase: Moon Landing

To mark the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, BBC Showcase staged a special celebratory event featuring a personal appearance by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Spherical projection mappings of all eight planets and the Moon were created, each revealed one by one above the stage. As each planet appeared, a corresponding fly-past animation played across the 50 metre screen behind, taking the audience on a journey through the solar system. A bespoke NASA inspired soundscape completed the deep space environment, immersing guests in the scale and silence of the cosmos.

The evening culminated in the appearance of an astronaut suspended on wires, moving as if weightless in space above the heads of the audience — bringing the wonder of the original Moon landing into vivid and unforgettable relief.