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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,178 posts)
Tue Jul 18, 2023, 01:32 AM Jul 2023

Buzz Aldrin on 54 anniversary of Apollo 11

wearing his NASA bling.





https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apollo-11

From the time of its launch on July 16, 1969, until the return splashdown on July 24, almost every major aspect of the flight of Apollo 11 was witnessed via television by hundreds of millions of people in nearly every part of the globe. The pulse of humanity rose with the giant, 111-metre- (363-foot-) high, 3,038,500-kg (6,698,700-pound) Saturn V launch vehicle as it made its flawless flight from Pad 39A at Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral), Florida, before hundreds of thousands of spectators. So accurate was the translunar insertion that three of the en route trajectory corrections planned were not necessary. Aboard Apollo 11 were Armstrong, Aldrin, and command module pilot Michael Collins. Their enthusiasm was evident from the beginning, as Armstrong exclaimed, “This Saturn gave us a magnificent ride.…It was beautiful!”

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Buzz Aldrin on 54 anniversary of Apollo 11 (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 OP
still drinking bitters after all these years speak easy Jul 2023 #1
3 watches. 2naSalit Jul 2023 #2
Displaying his "NASA bling," yes? Hekate Jul 2023 #3
I would imagine that's... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #4

speak easy

(10,486 posts)
1. still drinking bitters after all these years
Tue Jul 18, 2023, 04:29 AM
Jul 2023

... why are there no photos of Neil Armstrong on the moon? = because Buzz said he kept on forgetting to take the camera cover off when he took the photos. google it; sorry little man.

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