“In Event of Moon Disaster”, a speech prepared for Nixon to read in the event that Appolo 11 would not be able to leave the moon, which would have marooned the astronauts via fancybrand
Parkes Radio Telescope in the early 1960s. Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. (via CSIRO)
‘From 8 minutes and 51 seconds after the TV was switched on (and some 6 minutes and 42 seconds after the first step), the world witnessed the historic 2 1/2 hour Apollo 11 moonwalk from pictures received by the Parkes Radio Telescope’ (CSIRO).
40 years ago today my dad took photographs of his tv.
I wasn’t around back then… and he isn’t around now.
But I dunno, I can imagine what he was thinking, and it’s nice for me.
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Adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center thousands of spectators camped out on beaches and roads to watch the launch of Apollo 11, which launched at 9:32 a.m. Eastern on July 16, 1969. via www.nasa.gov
