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Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

Pearlee — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 02:42:03 GMT

It is hard to believe that today is the 48th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's walk on the moon. The Eagle has landed! I remember it as if it were yesterday. We had our "main" TV, a color one that certainly not every household had back then, in our den on the first floor of our house.. My family -- both my parents were still alive then - and I were glued to the TV as Neil Armstrong descended the ladder and planted the American flag. We were swelling with pride at all America had accomplished in the "space race" with the Russians, and were also in complete awe that a man was walking (or rather it looked like bouncing!) on the surface of the moon. I remember going outside that night and looking up at the moon, marveling that two Americans had walked on it and still not quite believing it. As I don't quite believe that almost half a century has gone by.

Those were exciting times and those were very, very courageous men, those astronauts.

Here is a link to the NASA site describing what happened. Which in a nutshell was this, those famous words of Neil Armstrong's as I heard them firsthand as he uttered them all those many years ago:"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Who else remembers watching it? What a memory!

From the NASA site:

At 10:56 p.m. EDT Armstrong is ready to plant the first human foot on another world. With more than half a billion people watching on television, he climbs down the ladder and proclaims: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Aldrin joins him shortly, and offers a simple but powerful description of the lunar surface: "magnificent desolation." They explore the surface for two and a half hours, collecting samples and taking photographs.

They leave behind an American flag, a patch honoring the fallen Apollo 1 crew, and a plaque on one of Eagle's legs. It reads, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

alicedee — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:36:18 GMT

I remember watching it as well. Our family was all gathered in the living room in front of our black and white television. As he stepped on the moon's surface I looked out the window behind the couch up at the moon, marveling that someone was actually walking there.

I've lived to see some amazing historical moments...this was one of the good ones!

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

Pearlee — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:46:16 GMT

@alicedee Thanks for sharing. I should have added that despite watching it on our then-one-and-only-color-TV I"m pretty sure the tranmission from the moon was in black and white anyway so it didn't matter about the TV being a color one.

Those were exciting times back then.

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

151949 — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:48:05 GMT

I was working. I had just graduated and was working in the newborn nursery at the small hospital where my Grandma & I both had gone to nursing school. Anyway there was a lady in the delivery room having twins, and the doctor had us bring in a TV so we could see the moon walk. Thankfully, the babies didn't come until after it was over, so everyone saw the moonwalk - even the Dad. The Mom was pretty PO'ed at him for watching TV instead of paying attention to her.

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

Pearlee — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:50:07 GMT

@151949 Great story! If I were the mom, I don't think I would have allowed it! Who would want a distracted doctor - and husband - during a delivery? Yikes!

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

151949 — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:55:15 GMT

@Pearlee There isn't really anything for the doctor to do if it is a normal situation and the babies haven't started to come yet. He was there if he was needed. My job didn't start until the babies were born as I was the nursery nurse, so I was just hanging out.

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

kjae — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 02:32:19 GMT

@Pearlee

thank you for bringing this to our attention.

It was such a monumental accomplishment for mankind and I can't believe it was ignored in the media today-maybe they will cover it at 50 years-but it should be mentioned every year.

I absolutely did not know it happened on July 20.

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

Pearlee — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 02:48:09 GMT

@kjae wrote:
@Pearlee
thank you for bringing this to our attention.
It was such a monumental accomplishment for mankind and I can't believe it was ignored in the media today-maybe they will cover it at 50 years-but it should be mentioned every year.
I absolutely did not know it happened on July 20.

@kjae Thanks for your post. I saw it today in our newspaper, under the "today in history" column of events. Until then, all I remembered about that day of the moon landing (well it was at night) was that it was super hot outside, just like it was today. Yep, July 20th makes sense. You are right though; there was no publicity about it other than being listed in our daily "today in history" events column of our paper. I suspect there may have been something about it on Decades TV today - they do an hour of "events that happened on this date" in videos from the events.

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

Mominohio — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 03:02:30 GMT

I was sure when I opened this thread it was going to be about the Michael Jackson dance!!! LOL

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IMissSuperPoke — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 03:58:52 GMT

I was two.

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Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

Gardengal55 — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 13:50:54 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
It is hard to believe that today is the 48th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's walk on the moon. The Eagle has landed! I remember it as if it were yesterday. We had our "main" TV, a color one that certainly not every household had back then, in our den on the first floor of our house.. My family -- both my parents were still alive then - and I were glued to the TV as Neil Armstrong descended the ladder and planted the American flag. We were swelling with pride at all America had accomplished in the "space race" with the Russians, and were also in complete awe that a man was walking (or rather it looked like bouncing!) on the surface of the moon. I remember going outside that night and looking up at the moon, marveling that two Americans had walked on it and still not quite believing it. As I don't quite believe that almost half a century has gone by.
Those were exciting times and those were very, very courageous men, those astronauts.
Here is a link to the NASA site describing what happened. Which in a nutshell was this, those famous words of Neil Armstrong's as I heard them firsthand as he uttered them all those many years ago:"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Who else remembers watching it? What a memory!

From the NASA site:

At 10:56 p.m. EDT Armstrong is ready to plant the first human foot on another world. With more than half a billion people watching on television, he climbs down the ladder and proclaims: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Aldrin joins him shortly, and offers a simple but powerful description of the lunar surface: "magnificent desolation." They explore the surface for two and a half hours, collecting samples and taking photographs.

They leave behind an American flag, a patch honoring the fallen Apollo 1 crew, and a plaque on one of Eagle's legs. It reads, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html

I remember that night. I was 13 and was laying on the floor in front of our B&W TV with my parents nearby. It was a hot July night with no AC back then but we were glued to the television. I think my mother started to cry and my father may have too, I don't know. I was just in awe. Many times since I have looked at the moon and wondered about that American flag up there--wondering if it is still "flying." What an enormous accomplishment of mankind!

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

beckyb1012 — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:12:41 GMT

It is hard to believe and I remember watching even though I was just 6 at the time but it was such an unbelievable thing in all our worlds.

I only just read a couple of weeks ago in an old article about Sharon Tate's Mom, Doris that this moonwalk was the last time she was with her daughter. Spent the day with Sharon at their home then said she crawled into bed with her so they could watch together. 48 years.

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

Pearlee — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:38:18 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
It is hard to believe and I remember watching even though I was just 6 at the time but it was such an unbelievable thing in all our worlds.
I only just read a couple of weeks ago in an old article about Sharon Tate's Mom, Doris that this moonwalk was the last time she was with her daughter. Spent the day with Sharon at their home then said she crawled into bed with her so they could watch together. 48 years.

@beckyb1012 Thanks for your post. In all that I've read over these many years (and at the time) about the Manson case, I'd never known that. How sad.

Re: Moonwalking -- 48 Years Ago Today

beckyb1012 — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:44:12 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
@beckyb1012 wrote:
It is hard to believe and I remember watching even though I was just 6 at the time but it was such an unbelievable thing in all our worlds.
I only just read a couple of weeks ago in an old article about Sharon Tate's Mom, Doris that this moonwalk was the last time she was with her daughter. Spent the day with Sharon at their home then said she crawled into bed with her so they could watch together. 48 years.
@beckyb1012 Thanks for your post. In all that I've read over these many years (and at the time) about the Manson case, I'd never known that. How sad.

Your welcome. Her sister keeps the website and Instagram going in Sharon's honor and I just saw the photos of her pregnant in a bathing suit. I was so taken aback not just that she posed in the late 60's so freely but that was for real a baby with her murdered. Reading about her child was one thing but then seeing those photos of her stroking her baby was very moving.