Apollo 11 Moon landing, Neil Armstrong's first step (1969)
Apollo 11 successfully landed on the Moon on this day in 1969. I remember watching it on a small and grainy B&W TV.
timewaster42.bsky.social15Saw it on our B&W TV in Europe. At the time, it seemed obvious to me that I one day can take a holiday trip to the Moon. Did not actually turn out to be true. Learned to fly, though. Second best thing.
Mark Squires14That and the JFK assassination were two formative events of my childhood. I was too young to fully understand the assassination, though. It just scared me because the adults were so scared and shook up.
Sarah D10We had the only colored tv in our neighborhood so we had a big crowd to watch. Turns out it was broadcast in b&w. Lol
Jablonka 🇺🇸🇵🇱 🇺🇦✌️8Think we had a 13” Zenith. Rabbit ears and aluminum foil.
@Loudmouthkid628My parents woke me up to watch this. I was six, and obsessed with the moon. 🌕
littleblackduck8On July 19, 1969, a total of 29 U.S. service members lost their lives during the Vietnam War, according to official data maintained by the U.S. Same day. Also worth a mention. Later, the war we saw on a small and grainy tv was referred to as a conflict.
Lisa Rowe 🏳️🌈13I was living in South Philly. My dad got long extension cord to take the tv out to the stoop (IYKYK). My family & friends sat around on the sidewalk on lawn chairs, watching it - the men w/ cans of Schlitz, the ladies w/ glasses of anisette.
Mr. Pink Floyd Larson10I got to stay up late to watch ⌚️ it.
Mike Schwert4Me too and it was real
Brilliant Bill3Funny. It was not broadcast in color!!!
David/Trout3I remember this too. I was eight. It was so exciting. It inspired my love of science and technology.
AZTanya2Me, too. My mom made me stop whatever almost-4-year-old self was doing to make me watch.
Bill Brooks2I was USAF serving in Japan.
ladyshippers.bsky.social2I remember too..... the wonder of it.
“One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” —Neil Armstrong, U.S. astronaut; first human to step foot on the moon. #Apollo11 #otd July 20, 1969 #InternationalMoonDay
Colleen10We have come to detest that a U.S. flag was planted on the sacred moon. Going forward only a flag of humanity should be planted anywhere. No country flags. It is all of humanity that has helped move science forward to reach out into the universe.
woodpeckerfan.bsky.social7I remember watching Walter Cronkite reporting about it. Amazing times.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS6Pretty amazing considering the rudimentary technology back then. I remember that we all gathered around my grandmother's TV to watch these men walk on the moon. I was 11.
⚡Surly Philly Cat 😺⚡3Is it bad if I can hear the MTV promo? 😂😂😂🤪
Trixiebelden75357 years ago, all our neighbors in a tiny beach community crowded in our tiny cottage because we had a 13 in B&W and watched in awe .
Quoth The Raven3Now, hear ye, cometh the moon landing deniers!
Its National Moon 🌖 Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 carried the first humans to the moon. NASA reported the moon landing as being “...the single greatest technological achievement of all time.” We will be okay Love Foxy
Damian Lynch 🟧 🇦🇺 Rebellion is Mandatory during times of Tyranny29Hi Foxy 💙 Good Evening Everyone
Scott28Good morning, Foxy and friends. Have a great Monday, everyone.
TheBionicBee 🐝20Good morning F&Fs! ☀️💗☕️ Proud daughter to a man who was a big part of getting those astronauts to the moon. 😊
Amy B19Good morning and happy Monday to Foxy and friends. 💗
George Wachsmuth17Good Morning Foxy! One of my fondest memories was my dad waking me up to watch Neil Armstrong stepping on to the moon when I was 11. He worked for Grumman on the Lunar Module and was so proud. It was horrible resolution but so amazing !
CarlyJA2216Good morning Foxy!! Happy Moon Day!!
57 years ago, on the 20th of July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, as part of the Apollo 11 mission. The last time humans were on the moon was in 1972. #otd #history 🗃️
paulgiv.bsky.social8The amazing thing was that it was only 66 years between Wright brothers first flight and moon landings. Back in 1969 there were people alive who witnessed both events which is incredible.
Lesley Ramm3It was so exciting. And scary. I was 17
bobkerolls ANTI-ICE ACCOUNT3The last time two teams played in the World Cup final that spoke the same language was 1930
Jim Finnis2If you want to relive it: apolloinrealtime.org/11/
Paul2Gosh. I remember them getting the large television out in the school hall, and us all watching it.
Jean D.1Standing on the moon I got no cobweb on my shoe Standing on the moon I'm feeling so alone and blue I see the Gulf of Mexico as tiny as a tear The coast of California must be somewhere over here Over here
Jo Wolff41Yeah, it’s like a lot of British seaside resorts. You’re pleased to have experienced it, but that doesn’t mean you want to go back.
Malaclypse the Middle24I'm thinking outsourcing this problem to a ketamine-addled Nazi vaporware salesman was a bad idea.
Grow From Here9I remember sitting on the mat arms and legs crossed staring up at the radio box on the wall trying to figure out how they would have gotten the string to the moon so we could hear. The mysteries of radio waves far more intriguing than rockets and astronauts.
Bastlynn8Really this should be a national holiday for the US... happy Moon Day!
Jeremy Millar8Also, and this is mentioned less often in all the documentaries and whatnot, when I was conceived.
Chez Andre7That must of been wild, just imagine and scary at the same time.
Grodaeu6Same reason people only go to Alvesta once. There is nothing there.
Tony Durham2No shade on NASA's people and the Apollo 11 crew but the summer of 1969 also saw incredible new frontiers being explored in a New York recording studio. Human achievement comes in many forms. (More in the ALT text).
Fifty-seven years ago today. Happy International Moon Day!
J.P.2Meh. i’ve seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
LizB1"Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑51ahhhh, remembering the time I had to send an email to my kid's middle school because her English teacher had told the kids that the moon landing was fake
Leslie Molson5It's the anniversary of the far-right's favorite Kubrick film!
Mari Adkins4I'm five months and five days older than this mission.
Stuart Swales2Eeh, when I were a lad we could get on and do stuff...
Buzz Aldrin is photographed by Neil Armstrong on the moon hours after Apollo 11 landed, 57 years ago tonight, July 20, 1969. 🇺🇸 It is believed 650,000,000 people were watching the landing on television. Buzz is now 96 years old
Taylor Grayson6Most famous for punching a moon-landing-conspiracy nut while at the youthful age of 72.
Tee Jay Kaye372 yr old Buzz ain't having it. Rightfully so. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKBp...
JDukakis2I was at Candlestick Park when they landed and they announced it on the PA. An electric moment I’ll never forget.
starrling2I watched it all - I was 12 and it was thrilling!
diggersurvives.bsky.social2I was one of those 650,000 at the age of 15 & completely mesmerized.
mikeeoj.bsky.social1We do not need to go back.
which means that today is the 57th anniversary of this photo being taken - me and my dad watching Neil Armstrong take his one small step at our house in Katonah, upstate New York
SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦3Such a great photo to have. I remember sitting rather bleary-eyed watching it too. An amazing moment.
Buzzbead 🏴2My mum got me out of bed to come down and watch this.
Phil2I was born pretty much nine months after my parents stayed up to watch the moon landings. I’ve said too much.
Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU1I remember it too. I was 6 years old and everything came to a halt as the whole family sat down to watch on our black and white TV. Star Trek TOS had started broadcasting on July 12th in the UK and I was already a fan. Those were the days...
Elaine1I was eight years old. We watched it on tv in the school assembly room.
t1m19641I am sitting on the same sofa I was when I saw saw it all. Remember it as if yesterday. Admittedly the sofa has moved but still (just) have access to the place it was,
When I was 11 years old on this date in 1969 my Dad woke me up to watch a truly amazing thing. Neil Armstrong stepped on to the moon! We are capable of great things when we work together.
Jim West2I was five and I remember watching it with my grand mother on the black and white tv. I was young but I knew it was something amazing going on. Humans can be beautiful. Lets be beautiful again ✨❤️
Geoff Nelder2I was a student teacher at Jordanthorpe Primary, Sheffield. I had to put my fingers in the aerial socket in the back of the tv and hold the aerial cable so staff and kids could see it in the school hall. At least for those who came in hours before breakfast!
Parody Elon Musk🚀💰2I love the 1979 version ⚡
dragonlady1011.bsky.social2💙💙💙You are absolutely correct we are capable of amazing things when we work together In my opinion we should be working on repairing the planet we were given before we try and destroy another planet
Jeremy Nicholl Photography2I remember it well as a 12 year old allowed to stay up. But I don’t remember my first space experience. When I was only a few months old my father woke me in the middle of the night & took me outside to see Sputnik 1 pass overhead. My mother was not amused: “The baby will die of cold!”
Petal Lu Ⓥ 💚🌱💙🌎2How wonderful! I was 5 years old. My dad raised his 8mm camera and filmed it on the TV.
In June 1969 the Apollo 11 astronauts flew a simulator. It crashed, "killing" them. Later Michael Collins entered the room to Armstrong and Aldrin at each other's throats. He turned and left, saying nothing. Aldrin, a man of no small ego, calls Armstrong the best pilot he ever knew.
Richard M. Nixon85Neil Armstrong narrates the final three minutes of the moon landing. You know the result and it's still terrifying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqe7...
Malaclypse the Middle12Sir, was it you that once shared how Armstrong’s pulse never broke 80 during that stress-filled landing?
Brad Serton5Sir. I believe that Armstrong's NASA application was a week late and a friend ensured it got its just due. Sometimes it is good to have access to the right people.
Paul Frame5Per Chaikin's "A Man on the Moon" Aldrin and Collins were discussing the simulation and Aldrin was getting steadily more irate. Armstrong entered the room, asking them to quieten down as he was trying to sleep. They discussed the situation and why he had waited to abort (to test Houston's response).
Geezer Soze4Chuck Yeager got all the fame & accolades, but Neil Armstrong might have actually been the greatest test pilot in history. S'why he was chosen to lead Apollo 11.
bratschewurst.bsky.social1And then he gave a master class in how to handle fame.
