A little history-lesson perhaps ?

Hi folks, since i'm a space-addict here are some interesting facts about the Apollo moon-travellers. There where 9 flights to the moon. As we all know, 12 people set foot on the moon, alongside those 12, another 12 went to the moon without setting foot on our neighboor (poor blokes). Out of those 12 people that did the moonwalk, 3 have flown twice to the moon, John Young (Apollo 10) he walked on the moon during Apollo 16. Eugene Cernan flew around the moon on the Apollo 10 mission in 1969 and set foot on the moon in 1972 during the last Apollo (17) mission. On his Apollo 10-mission Cernan descended in the lunar-module to about 14 km of the surface ! There was one astronaut, Jim lovell (Apollo 8 - Christmas 1968) who went twice to the moon without setting foot on it !!! Second time was during the Apollo 13 mission, speaking of bad luck! Greetings from me & Buzz !

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By: kevster : July 15th, 2009-17:03

The newspaper not the watch, and trying to keep AndrewD's post below fresh. This message has been edited by Dr No on 2009-07-20 00:28:11...

Launching soon (July 16, 1332 GMT)

By: AndrewD : July 15th, 2009-19:51

Hi Kevster, Actually the Apollo 11 liftoff is now “t minus 11 hours and counting”. Well actually 40 years and 11 hours! So there would have been a lot of activity at Cape Kennedy at this time. Thanks for the post. A...

That is a fantastic idea, to remind us all the moments

By: amanico : July 15th, 2009-22:51

Of this extraordinary adventure. Thanks for sharing! Best, Nicolas

Nice! Here's mine.

By: れい : July 16th, 2009-01:15

Can any expert here tell me which year does my watch come from? 1980's/early 90's? The bracelet is not the present type for sure. It's a 5th model....

Opps, I think I posted under the wrong thread...(nt)

By: れい : July 16th, 2009-01:56

Waiting till we are actually on the moon…

By: AndrewD : July 16th, 2009-03:12

Hi Rei There’s no problem posting now; always good to see Speedmasters, particularly at this time. I had planned to coordinate a giant Speedy thread with Neil Armstrong’s moon walk which occurs on July 21 at 02:56 GMT . Let's call it "The Eagle has Landed...

Sure Andrew! I think it's a good idea...

By: れい : July 16th, 2009-03:23

Let's see as many Speedies as we can accumulate. Too bad I only got one...for now!

QED, Andrew . . .

By: Dr No : July 16th, 2009-22:18

. . . cordially, Art

A little history-lesson perhaps ?

By: bimbeano : July 16th, 2009-06:08

NASA refurbishes video copies of moon landing

By: chaser579 : July 16th, 2009-15:07

NASA refurbishes video copies of moon landing By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - With the help of Hollywood, those historic, grainy images of the first men on the moon never looked better. NASA unveiled refurbished video Thursday of th...

Interesting, thanks…

By: AndrewD : July 16th, 2009-15:36

This remastering was done on video feed provided to various media sources. The original NASA tapes, as you mention, were probably recorded over in the 1970’s due to cost cuts and equipment shortages. It has been reported today in the Australian medi...

History lesson …

By: AndrewD : July 16th, 2009-15:28

Hi Filip, Thanks for the background. With the focus appropriately on the Apollo 11 mission at the moment we forget the many years of unmanned and manned missions that preceded the first landing. Each contributing to our knowledge and experience and inchin...

one of the UK channels has been advertising the following

By: G99 : July 17th, 2009-11:55

this is as near a quote of the advert as i can remember. 'only 1 company were allowed to record the moon landings and this footage, lost for 40 years, has now been found, remastered in high definition and will be coming soon'. i've checked the TV programm...

NASA Speedmaster images

By: AndrewD : July 18th, 2009-22:06

Here are a couple of pictures of Speedmasters associated with the NASA space program, although not specifically Apollo 11. Can you add some more? I plan to post a message titled “The Eagle has landed” at the exact time of the lunar landing July 20, 20:17 ...

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A little history-lesson perhaps ?

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Launching soon (July 16, 1332 GMT)

That is a fantastic idea, to remind us all the moments

Nice! Here's mine.

Opps, I think I posted under the wrong thread...(nt)

Waiting till we are actually on the moon…

Sure Andrew! I think it's a good idea...

QED, Andrew . . .

A little history-lesson perhaps ?

NASA refurbishes video copies of moon landing

Interesting, thanks…

History lesson …

one of the UK channels has been advertising the following

NASA Speedmaster images

People are somewhat amazed...

Here are a few...

I remember that day

Should be interesting to read it...