This Day in History: Launch of Apollo 11

[Fraser]

43 years ago today, July 16th, 1969, Apollo 11 left Earth for the first human mission to land on the Moon. Launching on at Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, the mission sent Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit, and then two [...]

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[Jerry]

It would be interesting to know how many forum members have a family connection to this event. My grandfather formed and poured cement for a test bunker where ablative materials and the abort rockets were tested - how's that for a small, but important connection?

[KaiYeves]

It would be interesting to know how many forum members have a family connection to this event. My grandfather formed and poured cement for a test bunker where ablative materials and the abort rockets were tested - how's that for a small, but important connection?

He did his bit.

:-)