I was still in kindergarten when the Apollo 17 mission marked the last time man landed on the moon.<\/p>\n
I don’t recall watching any of the coverage on TV, as most of my TV watching was cartoons and maybe Sesame Street.<\/p>\n
I certainly read about the moon missions over the years, and I remember Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz ‘handshake in space’ mission.<\/p>\n
The first actually launch I remember seeing live was the maiden flight of space shuttle Colombia<\/em>, April 12th, 1981.<\/p>\n I’ve seen many shuttle launches over the years, and later the recent resupply missions to I.S.S.<\/p>\n But today?<\/p>\n I’m hoping to see something that I’ve never seen before, a manned rocket, launching to rendezvous with the moon.<\/p>\n So you’ll excuse me if I’m found tearing up a bit later this afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was still in kindergarten when the Apollo 17 mission marked the last time man landed on the moon. I don’t recall watching any of the coverage on TV, as most of my TV watching was cartoons and maybe Sesame Street. I certainly read about the moon missions over the years, and I remember Skylab … <\/p>\n