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Industry Leaders Offer Perspective at Symposium
High-level industry leaders will participate in the Industry Perspective panel on Nov. 4 at the Strategic Space Symposium in Omaha, Neb. The participants will discuss the issues, opportunities and strategic direction of the suppliers, contractors, and consultants that serve national security and tactical warfighter operations. Confirmed participants (click on the names for background information) include:…
Apollo 11 Recollections #8
You Could Feel the Electricity I was sitting in the Butternut Room which was a fancy library with floor-to-ceiling book shelves and lots of wood everywhere at Allerton House in Monticello, Ill. I was a sophomore in college (University of Illinois) and that summer I was fortunate enough to be a live-in camp counselor at…
Apollo 11 Recollections #9
Occupied with Something More Important I was in the hospital having my fifth child, a boy we named Sam. After I gave birth, the doctor came in to see me. He exclaimed, “Did you see that! The first landing on the moon?” “No,” I said. “And where were you when I was giving birth?” “Oh!…
Apollo 11 Recollections #10
The Most Noble Adventure in the Past 200 Years I was 25 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out on the lunar surface on 20 July, 1969. Michael Collins was orbiting the moon in the primary Apollo spaceship. I remember listening to the launch of John Glenn, the first American to enter earth orbit.…
Apollo 11 Stories: Hope, Inspiration, Awe and Pride
During July, the Space Foundation asked our Space Watch readers, staff members, friends, and colleagues to tell us where they were on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon (Crewmate Michael Collins piloted the Command Module during the historic mission). We were overwhelmed…
Apollo 11 Recollections #1
Inspiration Didn’t Require Observation Well at that time, I wasn’t born yet, but I was inspired when I first heard it when I was nine years old. My parents were in the Philippines when that special amazing event happened. – Christopher Adan G.Calubaquib, Jr. Will Always Remember Parents’ Excitement All the neighbor kids were outside…
Apollo 11 Recollections #2
The Sadness Disappeared I was in 2nd grade in Longview, Texas. It was a tumultous time because my dad was a purchaser for Lone Star Steel and they were on strike. He crossed the picket line everyday and there were shootings and even a couple of deaths. My mom was pregnant (an oops!) with my…
Apollo 11 Recollections #3
A Moment in Time I will Never Forget My girl friend (my wife now of 38 years) and I were at our friends’ apartment sitting by the TV waiting for Neil to step out. It was amazing. When he put his foot on the moon and said, “that’s one small step for man, and one…
Apollo 11 Recollections #4
A Special Treat Years Later at the National Space Symposium I was a new Coast Guard ensign on liberty from my ship. We watched TV in my parents’ living room. My fiancée and I lounged on pillows on the floor, with my father and sisters to the left on the couch, mother behind in her…
Apollo 11 Recollections #5
I Understood it was Something Important I was eight. At home. The TV was black and white (and you actually had to get off the couch to change the channel). The memory is clear in my mind so I guess I understood it was something important, but it probably wasn’t until a few years later…