Moon Landing: 40 Years to Remember

By Andrew Tomayer

1969, what a fantastic year, I was not of existence at the time, but as I grew up I learned about the many different events that had occurred in that great set of 365 days. The first Woodstock (or “An Aquarian Exposition”), and the only good Woodstock, had occurred on Aug. 15 and 16, 1969 at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. The Rolling Stone’s infamous Altamont performance had occurred as well that year, I would go into detail on that, but just Wikipedia it, it is an interesting story of how they performed, got Hell’s Angels to be the security and one of the bikers stabbed a fan to death. Led Zeppelin released their first and second album. The Beatles perform to the public one last time on the famed Apple Records rooftop (which has been used as parody/homage to others like U2, The Simpsons, the movie Across the Universe). The Who perform their rock opera Tommy for the first time. Jimi Hendrix was arrested in Toronto for drug possession. We said goodbye to Judy Garland and Brian Jones while we welcomed Dave Grohl and Gwen Stefani into the world. Black Sabbath, The Doobie Brothers, and Judas Priest all begin their music careers and finally, in music, David Bowie begins his big career with a hit that becomes the anthem to the main topic of discussion, “Space Oddity”.

Now, from music to the big date of remembrance, July 20, 1969, we have one of the most celebrated events of all time, the day that Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin landed Apollo 11 onto the face of the moon. As Space Oddity played in some homes during the event, it was something of spectaculosity, from the launch day of July 16, to the landing on July 20. We all know the phrase “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” and it will live forever in our minds. The Eagle has landed will be another line that we all know one way or another, the Eagle being the landing module in which Apollo 11 managed to get onto the moon.

Some of the moon’s surface was collected for research, pictures were taken, and there was much filming done for broadcast, with Buzz Aldrin quoted as saying to the world, “This is the LM pilot. I’d like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way”. We are still giving thanks to what you have done. Whether it be inspiring the people of the world to set forth with what our goals and dreams are and making them a reality, to giving inspiration to many movies to come, mostly those of the Sci-fi genre (cough…cough…Star Wars). What I am trying to get at with this is, even though space shuttle launches may seem boring and dated by today’s standards, it is still something of amazement and wonder and we seem to take this for granted. So this July 20, look out and take a good look at the moon, it’ll be a crescent moon going onto new moon so it might not be visible that night, but if you cannot see it remember to break out a telescope and check on August 6 to 11 because it will be a full moon during that time. Celebrate how you will though, and go have fun because you will be remembering 40 years to that day from when NASA landed on the moon for the very first time. Today, we have Space Stations and are planning future flights into space, possibly even a flight that is similar to a trip on your local airline, as Sir Richard Branson has been talking about, so be proud of our human specie’s roots in search of space off this rock called Earth.

By Andrew Tomayer

1969, what a fantastic year, I was not of existence at the time, but as I grew up I learned about the many different events that had occurred in that great set of 365 days. The first Woodstock (or “An Aquarian Exposition”), and the only good Woodstock, had occurred on Aug. 15 and 16, 1969 at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. The Rolling Stone’s infamous Altamont performance had occurred as well that year, I would go into detail on that, but just Wikipedia it, it is an interesting story of how they performed, got Hell’s Angels to be the security and one of the bikers stabbed a fan to death. Led Zeppelin released their first and second album. The Beatles perform to the public one last time on the famed Apple Records rooftop (which has been used as parody/homage to others like U2, The Simpsons, the movie Across the Universe). The Who perform their rock opera Tommy for the first time. Jimi Hendrix was arrested in Toronto for drug possession. We said goodbye to Judy Garland and Brian Jones while we welcomed Dave Grohl and Gwen Stefani into the world. Black Sabbath, The Doobie Brothers, and Judas Priest all begin their music careers and finally, in music, David Bowie begins his big career with a hit that becomes the anthem to the main topic of discussion, “Space Oddity”.

Now, from music to the big date of remembrance, July 20, 1969, we have one of the most celebrated events of all time, the day that Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin landed Apollo 11 onto the face of the moon. As Space Oddity played in some homes during the event, it was something of spectaculosity, from the launch day of July 16, to the landing on July 20. We all know the phrase “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” and it will live forever in our minds. The Eagle has landed will be another line that we all know one way or another, the Eagle being the landing module in which Apollo 11 managed to get onto the moon.

Some of the moon’s surface was collected for research, pictures were taken, and there was much filming done for broadcast, with Buzz Aldrin quoted as saying to the world, “This is the LM pilot. I’d like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way”. We are still giving thanks to what you have done. Whether it be inspiring the people of the world to set forth with what our goals and dreams are and making them a reality, to giving inspiration to many movies to come, mostly those of the Sci-fi genre (cough…cough…Star Wars). What I am trying to get at with this is, even though space shuttle launches may seem boring and dated by today’s standards, it is still something of amazement and wonder and we seem to take this for granted. So this July 20, look out and take a good look at the moon, it’ll be a crescent moon going onto new moon so it might not be visible that night, but if you cannot see it remember to break out a telescope and check on August 6 to 11 because it will be a full moon during that time. Celebrate how you will though, and go have fun because you will be remembering 40 years to that day from when NASA landed on the moon for the very first time. Today, we have Space Stations and are planning future flights into space, possibly even a flight that is similar to a trip on your local airline, as Sir Richard Branson has been talking about, so be proud of our human specie’s roots in search of space off this rock called Earth.

By Andrew Tomayer

1969, what a fantastic year, I was not of existence at the time, but as I grew up I learned about the many different events that had occurred in that great set of 365 days. The first Woodstock (or “An Aquarian Exposition”), and the only good Woodstock, had occurred on Aug. 15 and 16, 1969 at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. The Rolling Stone’s infamous Altamont performance had occurred as well that year, I would go into detail on that, but just Wikipedia it, it is an interesting story of how they performed, got Hell’s Angels to be the security and one of the bikers stabbed a fan to death. Led Zeppelin released their first and second album. The Beatles perform to the public one last time on the famed Apple Records rooftop (which has been used as parody/homage to others like U2, The Simpsons, the movie Across the Universe). The Who perform their rock opera Tommy for the first time. Jimi Hendrix was arrested in Toronto for drug possession. We said goodbye to Judy Garland and Brian Jones while we welcomed Dave Grohl and Gwen Stefani into the world. Black Sabbath, The Doobie Brothers, and Judas Priest all begin their music careers and finally, in music, David Bowie begins his big career with a hit that becomes the anthem to the main topic of discussion, “Space Oddity”.

Now, from music to the big date of remembrance, July 20, 1969, we have one of the most celebrated events of all time, the day that Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin landed Apollo 11 onto the face of the moon. As Space Oddity played in some homes during the event, it was something of spectaculosity, from the launch day of July 16, to the landing on July 20. We all know the phrase “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” and it will live forever in our minds. The Eagle has landed will be another line that we all know one way or another, the Eagle being the landing module in which Apollo 11 managed to get onto the moon.

Some of the moon’s surface was collected for research, pictures were taken, and there was much filming done for broadcast, with Buzz Aldrin quoted as saying to the world, “This is the LM pilot. I’d like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way”. We are still giving thanks to what you have done. Whether it be inspiring the people of the world to set forth with what our goals and dreams are and making them a reality, to giving inspiration to many movies to come, mostly those of the Sci-fi genre (cough…cough…Star Wars). What I am trying to get at with this is, even though space shuttle launches may seem boring and dated by today’s standards, it is still something of amazement and wonder and we seem to take this for granted. So this July 20, look out and take a good look at the moon, it’ll be a crescent moon going onto new moon so it might not be visible that night, but if you cannot see it remember to break out a telescope and check on August 6 to 11 because it will be a full moon during that time. Celebrate how you will though, and go have fun because you will be remembering 40 years to that day from when NASA landed on the moon for the very first time. Today, we have Space Stations and are planning future flights into space, possibly even a flight that is similar to a trip on your local airline, as Sir Richard Branson has been talking about, so be proud of our human specie’s roots in search of space off this rock called Earth.

By Andrew Tomayer

1969, what a fantastic year, I was not of existence at the time, but as I grew up I learned about the many different events that had occurred in that great set of 365 days. The first Woodstock (or “An Aquarian Exposition”), and the only good Woodstock, had occurred on Aug. 15 and 16, 1969 at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. The Rolling Stone’s infamous Altamont performance had occurred as well that year, I would go into detail on that, but just Wikipedia it, it is an interesting story of how they performed, got Hell’s Angels to be the security and one of the bikers stabbed a fan to death. Led Zeppelin released their first and second album. The Beatles perform to the public one last time on the famed Apple Records rooftop (which has been used as parody/homage to others like U2, The Simpsons, the movie Across the Universe). The Who perform their rock opera Tommy for the first time. Jimi Hendrix was arrested in Toronto for drug possession. We said goodbye to Judy Garland and Brian Jones while we welcomed Dave Grohl and Gwen Stefani into the world. Black Sabbath, The Doobie Brothers, and Judas Priest all begin their music careers and finally, in music, David Bowie begins his big career with a hit that becomes the anthem to the main topic of discussion, “Space Oddity”.

Now, from music to the big date of remembrance, July 20, 1969, we have one of the most celebrated events of all time, the day that Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin landed Apollo 11 onto the face of the moon. As Space Oddity played in some homes during the event, it was something of spectaculosity, from the launch day of July 16, to the landing on July 20. We all know the phrase “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” and it will live forever in our minds. The Eagle has landed will be another line that we all know one way or another, the Eagle being the landing module in which Apollo 11 managed to get onto the moon.

Some of the moon’s surface was collected for research, pictures were taken, and there was much filming done for broadcast, with Buzz Aldrin quoted as saying to the world, “This is the LM pilot. I’d like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way”. We are still giving thanks to what you have done. Whether it be inspiring the people of the world to set forth with what our goals and dreams are and making them a reality, to giving inspiration to many movies to come, mostly those of the Sci-fi genre (cough…cough…Star Wars). What I am trying to get at with this is, even though space shuttle launches may seem boring and dated by today’s standards, it is still something of amazement and wonder and we seem to take this for granted. So this July 20, look out and take a good look at the moon, it’ll be a crescent moon going onto new moon so it might not be visible that night, but if you cannot see it remember to break out a telescope and check on August 6 to 11 because it will be a full moon during that time. Celebrate how you will though, and go have fun because you will be remembering 40 years to that day from when NASA landed on the moon for the very first time. Today, we have Space Stations and are planning future flights into space, possibly even a flight that is similar to a trip on your local airline, as Sir Richard Branson has been talking about, so be proud of our human specie’s roots in search of space off this rock called Earth.