Mission To the Moon!

One half century later, many who witnessed the NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Agency) mission to the moon with the Apollo 11 flight can recall exactly where they were on the date "The Eagle"landed on the moon and a few of America's Astronauts first set foot on its surface.

Neil Armstong's words are still echoed today throughout many classrooms.

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

NASA, this year continues to celebrate the Apollo 11's mission's golden anniversary.

Radio television and print journalists of today scramble to write a variety of stories that will mark this historic event of so many years ago.

NASA has now turned back the hands of time, providing a room that duplicates chairs, coffee cups, ashtrays, the astronauts vial signs and monitors where so many in the control room nervously watched the astronauts launch into space and forever erase the question as to whether or not man could land on the moon. According to a World News Report, this is the same room in which history was made.

The nerve wracking event didn't go off without a hitch though. There were problems before with previous missions and some difficulties during the flight. Newspapers reported the good, along with the bad news of many missions

Yet as many of us earthlings recollect our thoughts as to where we were at the time of the launch and landing, there are others who have now passed away who had tremendous interest in NASA's space projects then and the space projects before the actual moon landing. One such person was a student within the Revere School System. Born with an ailment that did not allow him to walk, he, and his father, took pride in collecting items related to many space shuttle missions. It is in his memory that these photographs and newspaper clippings they collected from NASA, are presented within this article today today.

"Stephen" and his father, both avid supporters of the missions of NASA, worked hard on collecting items from the space agency. These were recently discovered in a downsizing effort.

Both collected not only the first lunar landing photographs but various patches, stickers and newspaper articles during their lives here on earth.

Both would be proud to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing and would have been sharing these photographs with you if they had lived to witness the events taking place this anniversary.

The photographs are of a variety of items, not all items in the treasured envelope were related to Apollo 11 alone.

Remembering the astronauts who gave their lives for their country as well as those who made the mission to the moon possible. Remembering also all armchair astronauts supporting all of NASA's missions.

In the words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin ( the second man to set foot on the moon's surface, July 2o, 1969), when he first set foot on the moon, "Beautiful view,. Magnificent Destination."