As You Remember It: The Lift-Off of APOLLO 11

jimnxsq Says:

Aug 31, 2006 - It was amazing. I wish I could have seen it. Actually, the Saturn V was longer than a football field, 365 feet. If you watch the video closely, there is a time when the flame is three or four times the length of the rocket. That would be about a quarter mile !

Bill0011 Says:

Sep 13, 2006 - Awesome

lunarmodule5 Says:

Sep 22, 2006 - For those interested, spacecraftfilms produce raw unedited dvds of all the apollo missions. The Apollo 11 dvd has the full moonwalk on it...awesome video btw..thanx!

Cahmilod Says:

Sep 25, 2006 - That would be fun to ride on a rocket like that but a person would have to have nuts as big as bowling balls to do it, because it would be risky now and surely then. They were defiantly some brave guys. I was two when this happened.

onionman4 Says:

Oct 28, 2006 - Woohoo to Werner von Braun (a German!!)

bbarz Says:

Oct 29, 2006 - Narrated by Jack King in Apollo launch control. This is the NBC coverage, ABC had better angles.

jimnxsq Says:

Oct 29, 2006 - That's right. Is the ABC coverage posted? If you have it, please post it. The more the merrier.

DeejayLarz2006 Says:

Jan 16, 2007 - I stand corrected, my mother was in 8th grade when this happened ..woopse!

prOgrenadier Says:

Feb 3, 2007 - amazing...

PISTOLcm Says:

Feb 18, 2007 - owned.

PISTOLcm Says:

Feb 18, 2007 - Oh so Hitler could have went to the moon? No, von Braun knew where he needed to be.

pinboyjorf Says:

Feb 20, 2007 - thats when nasa was NASA.

noaa62 Says:

Mar 6, 2007 - These were the glory days for NASA.

jondy2 Says:

Mar 10, 2007 - I believe that after the success of the Apollo program, NASA had a Mars program in place that would have seen humans on the surface of mars by 1983. As you say, a great shame that the momentum was lost....

DTanza Says:

Mar 13, 2007 - Not really after the moon missions it got too expensive.

JigglyPuff1961 Says:

Mar 26, 2007 - The glory days. I ran home from school to watch it!

Chris1989Chris Says:

Apr 2, 2007 - Wow, that was briliant!

Vikezupa Says:

Apr 13, 2007 - Wow. Fabulous. Thanks!

noaa62 Says:

Apr 20, 2007 - The awesome power of the Saturn 5,she had a thrust of over 7,500,000 pounds at liftoff.Here is another amazing fact.From engine ignition to before liftoff, she consumed 23 tons of fuel.

luvitube Says:

Aug 14, 2008 - Fly me to the moon....

b33133rice Says:

Aug 19, 2008 - Nice to see this since i'm only 22 I obviously missed the initial launch.

jimnxsq Says:

Aug 19, 2008 - Yeah, I realize many, if not most, viewers aren't old enough to remember any of the great Apollo launches. Obviously, Apollo 11 was launched during the summer vacation and I watched the launch at home, but most of the others were launched during the school year and most school rooms nationwide would have a TV set in the room to watch all the live coverage. There was great drama for all missions because each was more dangerous than the missions that came before.

jeffc2509 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Thank you SO MUCH for putting this up. My father made sure that I watched both the launch of Apollo 11 and also Neil Armstrong taking the first steps on the Moon. When Armstrong was going down the ladder, my father told me and my brother "Be sure you remember this moment because it's the most important thing that will happen in your lives". Thanks again jimnxsq for bringing a bit of my childhood back.

jimnxsq Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Thank you ...and you're welcome.

dnebdal Says:

Aug 21, 2008 - I won't be the same, but I do look forward to the planned new moon landings - finally, my generation has progressed to where you were in 1969. x)