Dec 02

Space Rocket History #353 – Apollo 16 – LMP Charlie Duke

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Mike Annis

“Roger, Twank…Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot!,” Capcom Charlie Duke, Apollo 11 landing.

Nov 06

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #224 – Apollo 11 – Moonwalk – Part 2 – One Priceless Moment

Posted on November 6, 2019 by spac9750

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“For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. And one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth” President Nixon.

Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969 AD

The flag was not a territorial claim but was intended as a symbol of freedom and to identify the nation that achieved the first landing

Aldrin’s boot during soil mechanics test

Sep 25

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #223 – Apollo 11 – Moonwalk – Part 1

Posted on September 25, 2019 by spac9750

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Silently and carefully, Armstrong raised his left boot over the lip of the footpad and lowered it to the dust. Immediately he tested his weight, bouncing in the gentle gravity, and when he felt firm ground, he was still, one foot on the last vestige of earthly things, the other on the moon. Then he spoke:

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”