("RST Engineering" wrote)
I guess I was 25 when Apollo 11 landed...I remember that the flying club
had scheduled a lunch on Catalina Island that day and I knew I had to be
home by early afternoon to hear the touchdown...as I vaguely recall, they
touched down around 5 pm PDT. Did I get that right?


http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary...llo11info.html

Launched: 16 July 1969 UT 13:32:00 (09:32:00 a.m. EDT)

Landed on Moon: 20 July 1969 UT 20:17:40 (04:17:40 p.m. EDT)

Returned to Earth: 24 July 1969 UT 16:50:35 (12:50:35 p.m. EDT)

(from the website)
The Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) began at 10:39:33 p.m. EDT on
July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil Armstrong emerged from the spacecraft first.
While descending, he released the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly on
the Lunar Module's descent stage. A camera on this module provided live
television coverage of man's first step on the Moon. On this, their one and
only EVA, the astronauts had a great deal to do in a short time. During this
first visit to the Moon, the astronauts remained within about 100 meters of
the lunar module, collected about 47 pounds of samples, and deployed four
experiments. After spending approximately 2 hours and 31 minutes on the
surface, the astronauts ended the EVA at 1:11:13 a.m. EDT on July 21.


Much like TV's coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in
Chicago the summer before - you try to stay up all night, but still have
your pillow handy just in case. Age 8 in 1968. Age 9 in 1969. Good times.
Good times :-)


Montblack