dnl42 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 There's a web site, https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/, that has a fabulous display of what was happening 50 years ago, in real time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Thanks for sharing, great immersion feeling! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Approximately 6 hours to landing! Here's the entire timeline: https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_11i_Timeline.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teeradej Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Very informative. Thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
modelmax Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Just finished watching a 4 episode series in youtube... "What We Saw: Apollo 11" Just awesome. Highly recommended. Ernie A. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I took my Beta cloth Apollo 11 mission patch and American flag patch to work to show everybody on Thursday. Took a picture of the Houston Post newspaper from the landing in 1969 and sent it to my friends. Such a great achievement to have witnessed and even better that my dad worked the lunar module engines for Apollo 9, 10 and 11. Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 @aircommando130, did you dad work for Grumman? I worked at Grumman in the 80s, well past the glory days of the LEM. Less than 1h to "One small step..." (02:56:15Z). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 No...my dad was in the Air Force assigned to NASA in Houston. He spent a lot of time at Grumman and at Organ Mountain Test Site in NM doing engine tests. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Thanx dnl42 ... I listened to this entire mission, in the background while I was doing other stuff, till just after the landing ... what an event! I also listened to the landing quite a few times ... wow! aircommando130, I had contacted the local newspaper in March about doing an article on the 50th anniversary. But, I had suggested they might be interested in some LIFE magazines I have from the late 1950's, 60's and early 70's on the US Space program. They contacted me in early July and came over with a photographer to do the article ... however, I also brought out a few of my Apollo and LM models and after seeing the models, the writer made the focus of the article on the models and me, the LIFE magazines were secondary. And, the article was on the front page of the paper ... above the fold! While it surprised me, it was terrific to be able to add my own take to this 50th commemoration. Combined with meeting Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronaut, last October ... I'm a happy guy! Now, where did those 50 years go ... I'd like a few of them back! Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 @K2Pete. You totally rock, dude! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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