17-Jul-2009

40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 launch

Apollo 11 mission patch

It's the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 today. Neal, Buzz, and Mike sat on top of the biggest candle in human history while it blew up (fortunately, in a very controlled manner).

Here's the video of the launch from youtube...

You do not appear to have a Flash plugin installed. This movie shows live television footage of the final minutes of the Apollo 11 countdown and launch.

Posted at July 17, 2009 12:14 PM
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This was their (humanity's) finest hour. After that, they returned to making war in Indochina and elsewhere. So sad.

Posted by: Neil Rieck at July 28, 2009 11:19 PM

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