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'ONE GIANT LEAP' Apollo 11's historic trip to the moon marks its 45th anniversary
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| 20 Jul 2014
Posted on 07/20/2014 12:45:26 PM PDT by shove_it
The year was 1969. The turbulent time in America saw troops fighting in Vietnam, and a nation dealing with the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, killed in 1963, and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., both murdered in 1968.
Then came that one small step.
Forty-five years ago today, 500 million people around the world witnessed American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins as they embarked on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and six hours later Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon's surface, delivering those iconic words: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: apollo; apollo11; moon; nasa; spaceexploration
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To: shove_it
I remember the blurry images, black and white..
Middle of the night..
Houston..
The Eagle has landed.
I was almost 15.
Oh what a night.
A triumph any way ya cut it.
For mankind. Not just for some.
They just don’t write classics like that anymore.
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:36:01 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: Eaker
I saw it too, it was fantastic! Wasn’t there another crew that also landed on the moon or was this the only 3?
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:39:05 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Ditter
There were 6 landings on the moon I think. I’ll have to go check.
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:40:28 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: tet68
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:40:57 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(My real nickname is Otter)
To: GeronL
Yep, 6. Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, & 17.
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:43:29 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: shove_it
My dream home would have a room with nothing but
Alan Bean originals.
To: GeronL
6 people have landed on the moon?
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:47:19 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Ditter
lol.
There were 6 moon landings and 12 people have walked on the surface of the moon
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:49:22 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: real saxophonist
Have you ever met Alan Bean?
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posted on
07/20/2014 1:50:51 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Ditter
I have not. I’d like to. I just love his art.
To: dfwgator
Thanks for the link!
I’ll always remember watching that first step on TV in the living room with my Father & Uncle both were World War II veterans less than 25 years removed, and there was a special pride in America and the accomplishments of Armstrong, et al that day
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posted on
07/20/2014 2:00:11 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Apollo @ 45 BUMP)
To: shove_it
They left for the moon on hubby’s birthday, landed on my mom’s birthday and landed back on earth on my son’s second birthday...which reminds me...I must get a Birthday card tomorrow.
To: shove_it
I watched it on a black and white tv
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posted on
07/20/2014 3:22:28 PM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: shove_it
In my mind Chappaquiddick and the moon landing go hand in hand. In one a democrat went under the water and in the other a nation went to the moon!
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posted on
07/20/2014 3:35:48 PM PDT
by
2nd Amendment
(Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
To: eCSMaster
One small step for a man... I agree.
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posted on
07/20/2014 4:50:12 PM PDT
by
duckworth
(Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
To: Ditter
Only two people on the landing crews. Total of twelve.
Six landings:
11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17.
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posted on
07/20/2014 4:54:17 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Dogs love to be hugged! Rescue and Hug One Today.)
To: BlueYonder; thingumbob; amzgirl; 75thOVI; Ravenstar; June2; LuvFreeRepublic; AdvisorB; 88keys; ...
Brevard County, Florida, here is where it started ping.
Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
(not associated with the county government)
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posted on
07/20/2014 9:32:30 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
To: eCSMaster
I think I read somewhere that he did say “a man.” Communications blinked for a split second and the word “a” didn’t come through.
To: FlingWingFlyer
Man, oh MAN!!! Do you ever type the TRUTH on the whole scenario!!!
God save America from government by whim of a rotten, resentful radical!!!
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posted on
07/21/2014 12:21:57 AM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Obama is mad! He's getting madder with each crisis and now he's a real MADMAN with no temper left!!!)
To: shove_it
The Mouse Trap, for some who may not know, was THE watering hole in Cocoa Beach for the NASA crowd in the 1950s thru much of the eighties, as I recall, until it closed down.And don't forget the Pillow Talk Lounge!
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posted on
07/21/2014 2:14:53 AM PDT
by
mcmuffin
(Freedom's On The March - Wave Goodbye!)
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