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The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle, in a landing configuration was photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Module Columbia. Inside the module were Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin. The long rod-like protrusions under the landing pods are lunar surface sensing probes. Upon contact with the lunar surface, the probes sent a signal to the crew to shut down the descent engine.
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Where was I? I was 8, living in Upland, and whatever they were showing on tv was on our tv.
I was driving home from a late band practice in Bluefield and listening on the radio, trying to make it home before they landed. I just made it!
I was 9 years old. I remember my Mom, Dad, brother and sister standing on our front porch looking up at the Moon after watching this on TV. It AMAZED me to think that we had a man up there.
Those were exciting times that will live with me forever.
I was living in Muncie at the time and was at home watching it with my ex.
I was giving my new baby his bottle and being glad my dad had lived long enough to see it.
Ole' Duke was the ripe old age of 9 yrs. and 8 months and and watched it on the big screen TV (black & white) right after I arrived home from school. Excitement was in the air for sure on many different levels.
Best regards,
Duke (Klaatu was watchin' in color) Jupiter
Quote from: duke jupiter on July 22, 2014, 08:41:33 PM
Ole' Duke was the ripe old age of 9 yrs. and 8 months and and watched it on the big screen TV (black & white) right after I arrived home from school. Excitement was in the air for sure on many different levels.
Best regards,
Duke (Klaatu was watchin' in color) Jupiter
Ol' Duke, you jogged my memory a bit. I didn't get to see the landing, but I did get to see Neil step down.
Did ol' duke have to go to summer school that year? :biggrin:
Maybe there was year round school back then in some places. I kind of looked at that funny myself...thinking....I'm pretty sure it wasn't a school day for me. LOL
Quote from: pariann on July 23, 2014, 11:05:28 AM
Maybe there was year round school back then in some places. I kind of looked at that funny myself...thinking....I'm pretty sure it wasn't a school day for me. LOL
Not in McDowell County WV. At least I think that's where ol' Duke hails from. Like most of us who grew up in the 60's, I think Duke may have a few holes in his memory. :biggrin:
Quote from: Bo D on July 23, 2014, 11:21:39 AM
Not in McDowell County WV. At least I think that's where ol' Duke hails from. Like most of us who grew up in the 60's, I think Duke may have a few holes in his memory. :biggrin:
Sorry I guess Ole' Duke should have said (summer school for advanced students) Jupiter ;)
Best regards,
Duke ( a scholar and a gentleman) Jupiter
Quote from: duke jupiter on July 23, 2014, 09:54:33 PM
Sorry I guess Ole' Duke should have said (summer school for advanced students) Jupiter ;)
Best regards,
Duke ( a scholar and a gentleman) Jupiter
It's a wonder that those of us who grew up in that era can even remember the moon landing at all, if you know what I mean ... :wink:
:rasta: ---> :wheel:
At 8 years old....what should have impaired the memory? Orange juice? LOL!!
Quote from: pariann on July 24, 2014, 11:12:11 AM
At 8 years old....what should have impaired the memory? Orange juice? LOL!!
Some of us are a bit older! :wink: I was 18 at the time.
So, you would often go to the moon, without a ship? LOL
Quote from: pariann on July 24, 2014, 11:54:04 AM
So, you would often go to the moon, without a ship? LOL
Many times ... :biggrin:
I was just outside of Xenia Ohio, at my Uncles Farm. (Wellston) ?
We (us kids, and there was a pack of us including my cousins), all were excited about it and so was my uncle. They had a huge console, color television, and he wanted to have a fire and cook hot dogs over it on sticks.
So, he and a couple of his older sons, grabbed up that console TV and brought it out to the fire site. Then they ran an extension cord and antenna coax out to the set and we all sat enthralled as we watched it on TV eating hotdogs.
I recall thinking of the irony of being able to watch it on TV, while outside by the campfire, and being able to look up at the moon at the same time. An irony I never forgot. 8) As if that moment in history wasn't special enough, my uncle made it even more special!
Quote from: Bo D on July 24, 2014, 12:17:52 PM
Many times ... :biggrin:
.....and came back without one as well. ;D
Best regards,
Duke (Walter Mitty) Jupiter