Apollo 11 40th Anniversary.

[Carol]

I remember being the only one in my family (sadly) to stay up to watch the moonwalk. Does anyone know what time this occurred? I don't really remember but it must have been after normal bedtimes (EST at least)

[Mark McLeod]

We have about 40 people remaining in Bethpage here who worked on the Lunar Modules and we've been having different events all week. Saturday is a dinner for anyone who worked on the Lunar Module program at the Cradle of Aviation museum where one of the original LEMs (LM-13) is on display. They had an open house this past weekend for Northrop Grumman families and I saw a lot of retirees I used to work with volunteering at the museum.

They stepped out onto another world about 11pm EST. Regular bedtime was probably 9pm for most of us in those days.
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_11i_Timeline.htm

My friends, family, and I all watched together as much of the mission as we could on a 13" black and white TV.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Carol

I remember being the only one in my family (sadly) to stay up to watch the moonwalk. Does anyone know what time this occurred? I don't really remember but it must have been after normal bedtimes (EST at least)

10:56 p.m. EDT, July 20, 1969.


-dave



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[Chris Fultz]

My Mom was especially "into" the space program, and so every day when i came home from school, if there was a launch or mission on TV, the black and white TV was tuned in (and we only had one tv - can you imagine!).

I was 9 when Armstrong stepped on the moon, and was excited to see it live.

[Phoenix Spud]

Originally Posted by dlavery

10:56 p.m. EDT, July 20, 1969.




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10:56 and 20 seconds. (to be exact...)