Woodstock Festival 40th Anniversary

It was Summer 1969…I was 12 years old, at Summer camp in New Hampshire and a few weeks after the excitement of Apollo 11, I was looking at something almost as amazing…over 300,000 people at a farm in Bethel, New York celebrating 3 days of music…it was incredible…and while I wish I could have been [...]

“We Came in Peace For All Mankind”

“Bestowed with pride to the people of our town by the Bethpage Rotary Club, and commemorating the…anniversary of the world’s first manned moon landing by the Apollo Lunar Module designed and built right here by the Grumman Aerospace Corporation (Bethpage, New York)
July 20, 1969: A historic day for America. While the world watched, astronaut Neil [...]

Bethpage: Home of the LEM

Many of you know I live in Old Bethpage…with a connection with the Apollo program. The LEM, the Lunar Lander,) was built by Grumman Corporation (Now Northrup Grumman) right it our backyard in Bethpage.
The following is an interesting story from click2houston.com
NY Lunar Module Builders Remember 1969 Landing
FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press Writer
POSTED: Saturday, July 18, 2009
BETHPAGE, [...]

Walter Cronkite “and that’s the way it was”

If someone were to to ask me “who was the man who defined the job tv news anchorman?” it would be Walter Cronkite..bar none. While we never had never met we had a connection…we were both fascinated by the space program…so it’s ironic that Cronkite passed away exactly 40 years after the flight of Apollo [...]

“We Choose the Moon…”

The 4th part of our lead up to the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon comes to us courtesy of the JFK Library and Museum
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to earth before the end of the decade. Appealing to [...]

Where to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

It was 40 years ago this month that man first stepped foot on the Moon, and celebrations around the country are reminding Americans of just how amazing the feat was. For those who need a refresher, the Apollo 11 mission took off from Cape Canaveral at the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, shooting [...]

The Apollo 11 Command Module “Columbia”

Part II of our series on Apollo 11 will focus on the Command Module “Columbia”
The Apollo 11 command module Columbia served as the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first human lunar landing mission. On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins climbed into Columbia for their [...]

“One Small Step for Man…” Apollo 11 40th Anniversary

Later this month, July 20th, will mark the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s famous walk on the moon…something that had  huge impact on my life for so many reasons. In honor of the occasion, we will be doing a 10 day countdown to the event with updated information everyday here on “technology” section of the  [...]