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1969 prelude to "Men Walk On Moon"...
1969 prelude to "Men Walk On Moon"...
Item # 725416
July 18, 1969
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Penn. July 18, 1969
* Apollo 11 moon mission
* Neil Armstrong - Buzz Aldrin - Michael Collins
* JFK's goal in progress - 50th anniversary this year
The top of the front page has three column headline: "Astronauts Enter, OK Moon Module" with subheads and related photo. (see images) Most issues that were saved reported the actual Moon landing, making this much more uncommon.
Twenty-four pages, light toning and some wear at margins and central fold, generally good.
background: On July 18, 1969, while the Apollo 11 mission was approximately 200,000 miles from Earth, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin performed their first critical checkout of the Lunar Module, Eagle. After opening the hatch and tunneling through from the Command Module, they spent over two hours verifying the lunar lander's structural integrity and electronic systems to ensure it was ready for the upcoming descent. This day was famously highlighted by a 96-minute live color television broadcast, during which the astronauts provided a guided tour of the spacecraft’s cramped quarters and shared breathtaking views of the receding Earth. By late that evening, the spacecraft crossed the invisible boundary where the Moon's gravitational pull finally surpassed that of the Earth, effectively "falling" toward their lunar destination at an accelerating pace.
Category: The 20th Century
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