Forty years ago, man had slipped the gravitational pull that had kept him shackled in orbit around his home planet, and boldly struck out for the Moon.
Forty years ago, in a live broadcast on Christmas Eve for the ages, he sent back stunning images of his world and our perspective was forever changed:
William Anders:
“For all [...]
40 Years Ago Today: Apollo 8
December 24th, 2008 1 Comment
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“…that may have been a small one for Neil…”
November 19th, 2007 No Comments
November 19th, 1969:
115:22:16 Conrad: (As he lands) Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me. (Pause)
[Jones - "I understand that there was a bet on your saying that."]
[Bean - "Who'd you bet?"]
[Conrad - "You know who I bet."]
[Bean - "Nope. I [...]
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