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Topic: Photo of the week 530 (December 20, 2014)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-20-2014 03:22 AM
   
 Forty-six years ago today, Apollo 8 stood poised on Launch Complex 39A at Cape Kennedy to begin the first manned flight to the moon. My interest in spaceflight began on Saturday, December 21, 1968. To those who share that interest I say: Merry Chrismas to all of you on the good Earth. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-20-2014 04:16 AM
Happy days! Nice one Ed. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you and everybody in the collectspace community |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 12-20-2014 04:29 AM
Yeah, that looks very good. I wish a fine "Kersdag" and a happy new year. |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 410
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 12-20-2014 05:50 AM
Our whole family sat in front of the small TV watching those first grainy TV pictures from the lunar orbit and listening to the reading from the Book of Genesis - unforgettable time and the most special Christmas ever.Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-20-2014 06:37 AM
Classic shot of an epic mission. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 864
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 12-20-2014 08:35 AM
Thanks for the beautiful picture Ed.I remember that launch day well. I was unable to contain my enthusiasm and excitement after launch and drove around our town with a stupid grin on my face. As I did my errands I randomly blurted out, "We're going to the moon today," to people I did not even know and who may not have even cared. What a time! |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 12-20-2014 09:51 AM
I remember it well. Mans first venture away from the "cradle of mankind". |
Michael Davis
Member Posts: 528
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 12-20-2014 02:18 PM
A beautiful photo that triggers a very special memory of that launch day. |
Ian Limbrey
Member Posts: 124
From: England
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 12-20-2014 03:01 PM
The mission that sparked my interest in space exploration and made it a very special Christmas back in 1968, what a time! |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 12-20-2014 05:12 PM
I remember watching a lot of the TV coverage of that mission as it took place on Christmas vacation from school.Great photo choice Ed. |
Grounded!
Member Posts: 367
From: Bennington, Vermont, USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 12-20-2014 06:39 PM
Thanks for the picture Ed. I remember that time so well...when Borman, Lovell and Anders became household names.
Happy holidays to all! |
tlifan2
Member Posts: 38
From: Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted 12-20-2014 08:35 PM
Thanks for the photo. When I viewed this very scene the night before launch from 12 miles away, I can still remember the vivid red launch tower the brilliant white booster. What the photo doesn't show is just how far into the sky the floodlights extended. Sadly, people today rarely consider man's first voyage to the moon as anything other than a historical footnote. But on December 20th 1968, it was still an exciting dream -- a dream that was just about to be realized. |
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