One small step - do you remember it?

[tomato]

Yes, many Happy Returns Gina 🔭🎂😊

My Spaceflight birthday connection is that  I was born in 1957, so I’m as old as the Space Age.

[DaveS]

And many happy returns from me too Gina.

Alas I only caught it in the morning catch up, ah well. I was 13 at the time and already well into astronomy and all things science, from as young as I can remember. Born just before sputnik.

[don4l]

My memory seems a bit fuzzy about the actual landing and "small step..." moment.  I seem to remember more about the launch, and flight for some reason.  

I do seem to have a much clearer recollection of the shooting of JFK.

 

[Eric Vai]

I was 7 years old so I do remember it very well. I suppose it did spark my interest in astronomy, or science in general. 

[Gina]

I was 17 and had my own TV.

EDIT!  Ooops.  Moon walk was 69 wasn't it so I was 27.  Maybe I just act 10 years younger than I am!

Edited July 22, 2020 by Gina

[Mick H]

5 minutes ago, Gina said:

I was 17 and had my own TV.

Happy Birthday Month Auntie.

I was TV, and had my own 17.

[Gina]

Not month - actual day.  I was just a couple of hours into my 17th birthday at the time they walked on the moon.

[Mick H]

3 minutes ago, Gina said:

Not month - actual day.

I know Gina, but you are allowed to party the whole month. 🥳

Happy July.

Edited July 21, 2020 by Mick H

[JamesF]

I was two and a half so sadly have no recollection of it at all.  I don't actually even know if my parents watched it.  I shall try to remember to ask them next time I see them.

James

[Mick H]

Just thought.

I was born in April 1951, I was eighteen................................................

😮

Fly me to the moon and let me play amongst the stars

dum dee dee de dum de de de

dum de de de do.

 

 

[Jeff-Colorado]

I was 4 years old and sat next to my mother (who fell asleep) but still remember it vividly. I had a picture book, Stowaway To The Moon, that I had read over and over, and I knew the Moon landing might be the most important thing I ever saw. It seemed to take forever for them to leave the Eagle and step out on the surface. 

The landing fostered a lifelong interest in astronomy. 

Edited July 22, 2020 by Jeff-Colorado

[LukeSkywatcher]

I wont have been invented for another 5 yrs.

[Dantooine]

I can remember being forced to watch it by me dad. “Watch this, this is history” I remember it said LIVE FROM THE MOON on screen with very very low quality images.