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Post by DebDoesWW on Jul 20, 2017 14:25:42 GMT
National Pennsylvania Day* National Moon Day National Lollipop Day Get to Know Your Customers Day – Third Thursday of Each Quarter "National Moon Day is observed annually on July 20 and commemorates the day man first walked on the moon in 1969. NASA reported the moon landing as being “…the single greatest technological achievement of all time.” On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the moon. Armstrong stepped first onto the lunar surface, six hours after landing and spent two and a half hours outside the spacecraft. Aldrin spent slightly less time but together they collected 47.5 pounds of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Michael Collins piloted Apollo 11 and remained alone in orbit until Armstrong and Aldrin returned. Watched by millions, the event was broadcast on live TV to a world-wide audience and all witnessed as Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and described the event as “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.""
nationaldaycalendar.com/national-moon-day-july-20/ I was 6.5 years old but I remember how cool this was and I totally wanted to grow up to be an astronaut after watching! I also remember every where we went for weeks after people were asking if we watched and talking about it. 👩🚀 |
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Post by sullicat1 on Jul 20, 2017 15:25:02 GMT
It was very exciting. I totally remember it. And people did talk about it for a long time afterward. I think people weren't so jaded then.
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Post by furrville2 on Jul 20, 2017 15:45:40 GMT
Not quite old enough. This was 3 years before I was born.
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Post by lmenglish on Jul 20, 2017 15:50:42 GMT
It was a big deal! We had a party!
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Post by luanne on Jul 20, 2017 15:53:45 GMT
I was working in a remote lodge at Yellowstone National Park that summer. No access to a television.
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Post by ksbruns on Jul 20, 2017 16:15:29 GMT
I did, summer before I started HS....it felt huge, and actually, still does! It felt like a world where anything was possible....now to remember that and take care of it.
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Post by 100gone on Jul 20, 2017 16:23:50 GMT
DebDoesWW, you have a better memory than me! I was 5 but don't remember it.
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Post by itsrad on Jul 20, 2017 18:35:58 GMT
I remember watching at home with my parents.
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Post by ale8oneboy on Jul 20, 2017 18:42:10 GMT
Hehe. I must be the baby of the group. About a decade or more before my time.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 20, 2017 18:51:00 GMT
I was 22 at the time and I remember being outside looking at the moon, it was visible even though it was daylight and thinking "there is a man up there walking around."
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Post by zazzles on Jul 20, 2017 19:06:30 GMT
Why do I have no memory of this event whatsoever? Is this an early sign of dementia or Alzheimers? I was working my very first job—for the Federal government—so you'd think there would have been enough hoopla there to have made an impression. Weird.
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jul 20, 2017 19:12:06 GMT
100gone it happened at 10:56 p.m. EDT and I was in CA so it was only 7:56 for me (I got to stay up "late" for the first time ever LOL) you were probably sound asleep by then. Hush up you young'uns! 🤣
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jul 20, 2017 19:17:03 GMT
Maybe seeing it again will jog your memory zazzles? Or maybe you were engrossed in your new job  |
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jul 20, 2017 19:20:58 GMT
*cracking up* I didn't have enough caffeine apparently when I posted this earlier, I know 100gone and I are around the same age so I went back and used my fingers to figure out how old I actually was.🤣 |
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Post by 100gone on Jul 20, 2017 19:39:23 GMT
*cracking up* I didn't have enough caffeine apparently when I posted this earlier, I know 100gone and I are around the same age so I went back and used my fingers to figure out how old I actually was.🤣 close enough!! and you're right - I was probably sleeping! |
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