Moon Landing Memories

July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. All Month, we have been asking listeners to share their memories of the historic moment. We were alerted that Dennis Frasca, a resident of VB, was instrumental in working with local defense contractor Grumman on a simulator that was used in the early work ups for Apollo 11. This week, he shares with us his memories and observation of the early days leading to the moment that man first stepped foot on the moon.

Today: Celebration and champagne at the moon landing

Karen was a ten year old and like the NASA workers, her breath until they hearing "The Eagle has Landed." She watched with her family, including her grandmother who was born in 1900 and has seen the growth of aviation- from the Wright Brothers, to Amelia Earhart, to a lunar landing.

July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. All Month, we have been asking listeners to share their memories of the historic moment. We were alerted that Dennis Frasca, a resident of VB, was instrumental in working with local defense contractor Grumman on a simulator that was used in the early work ups for Apollo 11. This week, he shares with us his memories and observation of the early days leading to the moment that man first stepped foot on the moon.

Today: How Working 24/7 to train NASA workers and The Astronauts paid off in the launch of Apollo 11

July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. All Month, we have been asking listeners to share their memories of the historic moment. We were alerted that Dennis Frasca, a resident of VB, was instrumental in working with local defense contractor Grumman on a simulator that was used in the early work ups for Apollo 11. This week, he shares with us his memories and observation of the early days leading to the moment that man first stepped foot on the moon.

Today: The Can Do Attitude of the Apollo 11 Planners

Dennis Frasca, a resident of VB, was instrumental in working with Grumman on a simulator that was used in the early work ups for Apollo 11. He shares with us his memories and observation of the early days leading to the moment that man first stepped foot on the moon.

In July 1969, 22 year old Chris Beisel was playing in a band at the legendary Peppermint Beach Club in Virginia Beach. He recalls how the manager of the club stopped the band and dancers to watch a small portable tv brought out to watch the moon landing.

Judy Flowers of Virginia Beach was on vacation with her husband and young daughter in July 1969. They were in Kitty Hawk at a rental home that had no television ( in fact, as she recalls, none of the homes did- it was unthinkable). The local Post Office placed a small tv in the window and vacationers sat on the sand and watched the landing- a perfect place to do so said Flowers as" it was the birthplace of aviation and here we were watching man walk on the moon."

Mike remembers seeing the moon landing with his parents and grandmother. They watched it on a small 1940s vintage television that belonged to his grandmother.

Debra Wallace Dise recalls being at a Boy Scout Jamboree in Idaho and with no tv at the campsite, her dad took her to a bar to watch the moon landing.

Alison Schoew shares her memory of the moon landing, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and her mother.