There already were those, even then, who were doubting we were really on the moon, and thought the entire landing was really done in some secret federal government staging area somewhere in the United States. I intentionally planned a very light day - no court - so I could spend the day watching the entire landing on the moon. "This is what we're here for, to share the American space experience," explained executive director Karan Conklin, who led the toast.įor the late night-crowd, "first step" concerts were on tap at the Kennedy Center in Washington, outside in the shadow of a replica Saturn V rocket in Huntsville, and other sweltering locales.On that day, July 20, 1969, I had recently graduated from Law School, and was working as a deputy district attorney in Philadelphia, under the late Arlen Specter, who was the district attorney, his first elected position. The powdered orange drink Tang was back in vogue for the toasts, along with marshmallow and chocolate MoonPies, including a 25-kilogram, 45,000-calorie MoonPie at Kennedy's One Giant Leap bash.Ībout 100 visitors and staff at the American Space Museum in Titusville, across the Indian River from Kennedy, cheered and lifted plastic champagne glasses at the moment of touchdown. Photo / APĬlocks all over counted down to the exact moment of the Eagle's landing on the moon - 4:17pm EDT - and Armstrong's momentous step onto the lunar surface at 10:56pm EDT. Clancy Hatleberg closes the Apollo 11 spacecraft hatch as astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr., await helicopter pickup.
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