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I was delighted to see the IMAX Apollo 11 movie come out on my birthday — it is absolutely fantastic with so much footage I have never seen before. The sharp resolution made it feel like a current event, and so amazing that the SpaceX Crew Dragon launch was from that very same Pad 39A at Cape Canaveral.

Here’s a quick IMAX preview.

And there were a number of my space artifacts I got to see anew (examples below). Memory lane: When I showed Buzz Aldrin the prototype flag for the Apollo XI mission, his eyes went wide. Then he shared his memories of it. They saw the flag blow over as the LM left the moon, a detail that they decided not to share with the world for many years (my video interview)

5 responses to “Apollo 11 Revisited”

  1. An external handle, the only one that remains from Apollo 11 Apollo 11 Spacecraft Handle. The only flown external handle from the Apollo programThe others were destroyed as radioactive waste.

    Buzz’s Data Clip from LM EagleA Rare Piece of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module EagleAnd most, vividly, the Interphones… I was amazed to see them prominently displayed at the end of the new Apollo 11 movie for communications to Neil, Buzz and Michael in the mobile quarantine receiving lab. DetailsCBS-c|net Photo EssayAnd a visit to that swing arm at the top of Pad 39AThe White Room at the end of the Swing Arm on Pad 39Abefore SpaceX modernized it

  2. Congrats – Happy Birthday too….

  3. Happy Birthday! I watched the launch from my backyard wayback when! Very interesting memorabilia!

  4. Happy Birthday Steve! Fascinating times…… where will you display your memorabilia? I would like to see them sometime, if possible…

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