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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

50th Anniversary of the Moon Launching, and tonight is a full moon

My recollection for July 20, 1969, is vivid. My sister Rose and I were living in a Rome pensione awaiting the birth of her child. I got up in the night and found the rest of the guests watching the moon landing on TV, I think in the kitchen. I looked at it a moment and was too tired to stay up and watch it for long.
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC.
Spacecraft: Apollo CSM-107; Apollo LM-5

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