"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Thirty-five years ago today, Neil Armstrong uttered those
words as he stepped off the Eagle and onto the moon.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Thirty-five years ago today, Neil Armstrong uttered those
words as he stepped off the Eagle and onto the moon.
Darn! I did it again! Left off the topper. :(
That's today????
35 years????
Yikes!!!
On another topic, today is my sixth year anniversary at FR. I *knew* you all would want to know!
It so happened we left the service on 1 July1969 and went to Titusville, Florida to visit my husband's brother and family. Jack worked at The Cape, and urged us to stay to see the flight lift off.
We positioned ourselves right across the Indian River from the Cape, and it was incredible to see and *hear* the launch, reverberating with incredible intensity!
Believe dansangel was there, too, and some other Finest Folk, I seem to remember...
When I lived in Melbourne (same county as Cape Canaveral) from 1957 to 1961, I saw many of the early space and manned flights go skyward.
Wow Billie, This is a great thread! Can you imagine this - My great grandmother was born right after the War of Norther Aggression and passed away approximately 7 years before Sputnik?
From horse and buggy to train to car to plane to the moon!
Breakfast
Won't it be wonderful when we earthlings will be able to book a flight into outer space? I'm not one for flying but would jump on a spaceship in a heartbeat. Go figure. LOL
'Click and drag'....I like it. I got most of them right. : )
The first human journey to the surface of the Moon began at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida with the liftoff of Apollo 11 on a Saturn V booster at 9:32 a.m. EDT (13:32 UT) on a clear sunny Wednesday, 16 July 1969.
(NASA photo ID S69-39525
The Apollo spacecraft reached Earth parking orbit after 11 minutes.
After one and a half orbits the Saturn thrusters fired and the astronauts began their journey to the Moon.
This spectacular photo of the Earth was taken from 158,000 km (98,000 miles) br>during the Apollo 11 translunar injection on July 16.
Most of Africa and parts of Europe and Asia are visible.
(NASA photo ID AS11-36-5355)
On July 20, 1969, after a four day trip, the Apollo astronauts arrived at the Moon.
This photo of Earthrise over the lunar horizon taken from the orbiting Command Module is one of the most famous images returned from the space program, although even the astronauts themselves cannot remember who actually took the picture.
The lunar terrain shown, centered at 85 degrees east longitude and 3 degrees north latitude on the nearside of the Moon is in the area of Smyth's Sea.
(NASA photo ID AS11-44-6552)
Lady, I was one of those that was at the moon launch that day, seems like we were in the town of Cocoa Beach, does that sound right?
to this day, Armstrong still insists that he said "one small step for a man."
Awww rats. No one pinged me. A bit late for this party. I met the Apollo 13 crew and many of my colleagues worked will Apollo. By the time I personally got to the manned side of things, it was with our current space station and the first ever Shuttle launched interplanetary mission.