posted 01-31-2017 10:08 AM
Check out these clips. I bet there are more...
Super Bowl III (1969) was the first Super Bowl to feature famous celebrities during its ceremonies instead of just college bands; comedian Bob Hope led a pregame ceremony honoring the Apollo astronauts.
The pregame show at Super Bowl VII (1973) was a tribute to Apollo 17. The show featured the Michigan Marching Band and the crew of Apollo 17, who exactly one month earlier had been the final humans to date to leave the moon.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-31-2017 10:14 AM
I don't see a clip of it online, but astronauts also led the Pledge of Allegiance at Super Bowl IV in 1970.
And though I have not been able to find any specific details, there are mentions of astronauts being present at the first Super Bowl in 1967 (just 12 days before the Apollo 1 fire).
In 2010, the crew of STS-129 flew the coin for the Super Bowl XLIV coin toss.
Wehaveliftoff Member
Posts: 2343 From: Registered: Aug 2001
posted 02-01-2017 01:39 AM
These two rocket men landed within the University of Arizona Marching Band during the half-time performance of the 1st Super Bowl.
The Bell Rocket Air Men soar above the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during Super Bowl halftime show entitled "Super Sights and Sounds."
posted 01-31-2017 10:08 AM
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