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Apollo 11 - you can be there

"I'm Emmet Seabourne. You are watching NTC's special coverage of Apollo 11 to the Sea of Tranquility. The date is July 20th, the year 1969. If everything goes according to plan, an event will take place today that will forever mark the twentieth day of the seventh month of the year. I can guarantee that you will remember this day--where you are and what you are doing. This is a day mankind has anticipated ever since we first lifted our eyes into the nighttime sky and wondered what marvels wait for us on the face of our beautiful, mysterious companion in the cosmos. Today is the day we find out. Today is the day we set foot...on the Moon."

--From The Earth To The Moon, Episode 6: "Mare Tranquilitatis"
 
On the mission it was about six-and-a-half hours after landing, but the simulation isn't going to show that live, apparently. Just up to the landing. You can still watch the video of the first step.

ETA: When I say "live", of course, I mean in real time. :p
 
I can't believe how caught up I got in the "live" broadcast. When Mike Collins didn't answer NASA's initial hail after the last AOS before the landing I had a quick "oh, sit" moment before I remembered this all happen 4 decades ago!

Kudos to whoever came up with this idea. It really made me feel like a part of an event that happened the year before I was born.
 
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