Godspeed, sir.🕯️
Jim Lovell was the first astronaut I ever met. He was the Grand Marshal of the Battle of Flowers Parade in San Antonio, Texas. I was 16. He'd remember this encounter 7 yrs later at Space Camp, and then at #Apollo45 #NASASocial.
Read ALT for story. They broke the mold!
66 years took us from a few yards' flight off a NC sand dune to the Moon. Will we have gone any farther by 2035, or not? #Apollo45
RT @Astro0Glen: A day like today makes you extra proud to work at a place like this. #TheDish #Parkes #Apollo45 x.com/Astro0Glen/status/491061...
the #Apollo11 EVA on the moon started exactly 45 years ago. watch in realtime as covered then by CBS http://youtu.be/WQDjy2csPP0?t=2m25s #Apollo45
shortly before the #Apollo11 EVA, @TheRealBuzz gave communion. fearing law suits, NASA buried the event www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/201... #Apollo45
great work @ReliveApollo11 @astVintageSpace… you brought #Apollo45 to life tonight. thanks!
#Apollo11 mission patch flown on first moon landing will launch with astronauts to Mars. Eventually. www.collectspace.com/news/news-072014a-apollo... #Apollo45
side by side comparison of the original descent film of #Apollo11 and @LRO_NASA imagery of moons surface https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXw_3Pblh8 #Apollo45
In 1969 we successfully landed on the Moon. Here's Nixon's speech if things went wrong: http://goo.gl/KiugsP via @LettersOfNote #Apollo45
between 20 July 1969 & December 1972, 12 men walked on the Moon. & that feat still hasn't been topped or revisited. #Apollo45
