We were on vacation during the moon mission. We watched the launch in my maternal Grandmother's house in Tacoma, Washington. I remember her ironing and watching. For the landing, we were on the road, and my oldest sister talked my very frugal father into getting a motel room so we could watch.

I was 8 years old.

My phone started going off at 7am this morning. Sandip's mother wouldn't stop calling, so I turned off my phone and went back to bed. On my way to work, I texted that she had the wrong phone number and please stop calling, but I suspect that Sandip's mother won't believe me and will write back accusing me of trying to "ignore mommy."

shrift, I am happy to call her as your assistant/representative/agent/lawyer - your choice. She'll stop.

You should mess with her, Shrift.

Holy crap - Flight of the Conchords got nominated for an Emmy, and so did Jemaine: [link]

There's a really wonderful Australian film called The Dish about the engineers at the dish telescope that was responsible for relaying the moon pictures, with Sam Neill. It has one of the best props in movie history, i.e. the actual dish, to film at. And yes, those are sheep around it....

Don't these men look like The Gentlemen from Buffy?

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I loved The Dish. The scenes of the various peoples of the world listening to the news, and the group--Aborigines or African tribefolk--chanting during the blackout, I believe. The dead-reckoning locating of the capsule. Very cool movie.

Laura, watch the movie A Walk on the Moon. It's all about what happens to a working-class New York family that summer of 1969

I truly love this movie Kathy, and shall watch it in honor of the day.

I love the Dish as well. I could only describe it as delightful.

The moon landing happened late at night/early morning, as I recall of my 9 year old self. My father woke me for it and I could not, for the life of me, figure out why. 'History' had never been of interest to him before. And, even though I liked science as a kid (still do!), the space program never captured my attention. Until, I supppose, I watched From the Earth to the Moon which taught me the things about the program that interest me.

I'll never forget David Andrews playing Frank Borman's testimony before Congress about the Apollo 1 fire. Just awesome.

I just figured out while I don't remember watching the coverage of the Apollo 11 launch. I remember the event well enough because I was 15.

I was at Georgia's summer honors program for high school students at Wesleyan College in Macon, where we had neither air conditioning nor televisions. They did bring a television into the dorm lobby for the moon landing, and another girl and I stayed up all night watching. Staying up all night was how I got to see my favorite exchange of the moon landing:

Buzz Aldrin: "Hey, Neil, didn't I say we might see some purple rocks?"

Neil Armstrong: "Find a purple rock?"