Apollo 11 Splashes Down For 30th Anniversary in Livermore!

by Bob Fortune, LUNAR #660

Apollo 11 liftoff from launch tower camera. (JPEG 39KB)
(See http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ for more images and information about Apollo 11.)

Thirty years ago on July 19th a human first tiptoed on the moon. Youngsters worldwide watched their TV's in rapt attention; some watching the spectacle in silence, some asking questions, some rushing outside to glance at the moon and wonder.

Those adolescents have grown up now and are flying rockets themselves, albeit a bit smaller variety, but the dreams first imagined on that July day decades ago are rekindled with every launch of every rocket they fly. Come see these children of Apollo, Gemini, and Mercury one score and 10 years after that first lunar footfall, as they pay tribute to the vision of the Race to Space by flying replicas of the spacecraft from that era.

The LUNAR rocket club in Livermore is holding a commemorative launch July 17 at their usual launch site in Robertson Park. This launch will be a powerful reminder to anyone who remembers the glory days of the "Race to Space" either directly or from the history books. Hundreds of rocketeers and spectators from around the Bay Area will attend this fabulous launch, some bringing their favorite "Space Race" rockets to display and to launch for the crowd.

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