The Moon Landing: 50 Years Later.

[The Romulan Republic]

On this day, fifty years ago, human beings set foot on another world for the first time.

"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969, A. D. We came in peace for all Mankind."

[Jub]

A hell of an achievement and one I hope we can soon replicate.

[J Ryan]

On this day, fifty years ago, human beings set foot on another world for the first time.

"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969, A. D. We came in peace for all Mankind."

You're a little early. They launched on the 16th, but didn't land on the moon until the 20th.

[The Romulan Republic]

On this day, fifty years ago, human beings set foot on another world for the first time.

"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969, A. D. We came in peace for all Mankind."

You're a little early. They launched on the 16th, but didn't land on the moon until the 20th.

My apologies for the error.

[TimothyC]

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/

It's all of the mission control and spacecraft audio loops synced up to fifty years ago.

[SpottedKitty]

What I consider one of the most significant files I've ever downloaded is a 9-minute sound clip. Gene Kranz on the Flight Director's loop in one ear, and Charlie Duke on the CAPCOM loop in the other. From a few minutes after PDI to just after landing. Gives me chills every time I play it.

A close second are the video clips of each landing from the old Apollo Lunar Surface Journal archive — Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. Unlike every other time you see them on TV, these clips are the right way up and the right speed (the camera looking out the LM window was attached at an angle to a bracket, and running at either 6 or 12 frames/sec).

It's fun listening to the differences in how each crew carried out the landing. Apollo 12 in particular, a.k.a. The Pete and Al Show, sounded like a couple of old pilots swapping yarns over a few beers.

[The Romulan Republic]

Well, today's the day.

I'm glad to see Google decided to acknowledge the occasion on their homepage (Spoiler

the link is to an animated video of the Apollo 11 Mission, narrated by Astronaut Mike Collins

).

[Broomstick]

Well, today's the day.

No, tomorrow is the day. Neil Armstrong stepped out onto the surface of the Moon on July 20. You can quibble about the Eagle landing, but it was the riveting sight of a human being standing on the surface of another world that was the Big Moment.

If I recall, they did not stay long. Four days to get there, a few hours on the surface, then four days to get back. But doing that successfully proved it could be done and allowed for longer missions to come.

[The Romulan Republic]

Well, today's the day.

No, tomorrow is the day. Neil Armstrong stepped out onto the surface of the Moon on July 20. You can quibble about the Eagle landing, but it was the riveting sight of a human being standing on the surface of another world that was the Big Moment.

If I recall, they did not stay long. Four days to get there, a few hours on the surface, then four days to get back. But doing that successfully proved it could be done and allowed for longer missions to come.

So much effort for those few hours, and yet they are so significant. Because they proved that we could be more than just a one-world species.

[Solauren]

Not only that, but it also showed what can be done, if you simply go 'IT MUST BE DONE', and then actually work towards it.

And on many levels, it was a bigger (logistically and technologically) problem then say Global Warming, but it was solved.

We lacked the infrastructure, we lacked the technology, and yet, it was developed, implemented, and man stepped on the Moon.

We have the infrastructure, we have the technology, and yet, it's not being implemented, and we are not fighting Global Warming...