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Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "The whole world stopped." Rob from Fresno, California remembers his mom purchasing a huge color TV two days before the Moon landing. The whole neighborhood came over to watch.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "I saw it firsthand on the monitors." Retha from Upper Marlboro, Maryland graduated high school in 1969, and was a summer intern at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center!

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "I feel honored and blessed to have been alive during that time." Brand from Los Gatos, California made sure to record the Moon landing.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "I felt like I was there myself." Linda from California made sure to teach her students about space exploration history.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "I'm a space geek, and proud of it." Ana Maria from Largo, Florida remembers watching the historic Moon landing. A lifelong love for space followed.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "To this day, I remember my excitement." Dave from South Glen Falls, New York was camp counseling at a Boy Scouts summer camp, but he arranged to be home the day of the landing.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "He scared the heck out of us." On the day of the Moon landing, Randy from Bellevue, Washington had an interesting drive home from work.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "We toasted the crew with rounds of champagne." Sy from Milwaukee, Wisconsin was in Germany during the landing.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "I saw for myself where the great adventure began." Clay from Prattville, Alabama watched the landing with his father. Later, his parents saved enough money for a trip to the Kennedy Space Center.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "It's been pretty fun sharing my birthday with this huge American milestone." Kelvin from Silver Spring, Maryland has a very special birthday.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "Being from Houston, that's the only thing everyone was talking about." As a resident of Houston, Texas, Kent grew up right in the middle of the hubbub and excitement of the Apollo program.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "This remains a highlight of my life." Ralph from Mendocino, California, is an environmental scientist who was inspired by the Apollo program growing up-- even though his parents didn't have a television.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "I was absolutely thrilled to be there." Scott from Austin, Texas, got to see the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Kennedy with his father-- who was also his flight instructor.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "I spent what seemed like hours staring up into the sky." Amy from New York, New York remembers her family's frequent trips out to Fire Island. On the night of the Moon landing, she thought she might see them in the sky.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "Look! This is really important." Alicia from Chicago, Illinois, was four years old during the first steps on the Moon. Her parents urged her to pay attention, and looking back, Alicia appreciates their insistence that she watch the historic event.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "It felt almost like waiting for Christmas." Melinda Gates remembers the excitement of the Apollo era, especially because her father was an engineer who helped NASA send humans to the Moon.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "Space exploration really is at the core of my being." Peter from Orinda, California, was eating ice cream on the floor during the Moon landing. A lifelong love for space exploration followed.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "I've had this connection my whole life." Jeffrey from Charlottesville, Virginia, was only two months old when Apollo 11 went to the Moon-- but it's a connection that's stayed with him through his entire life.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet "No language was necessary." Sally from Washington, D.C., remembers studying abroad at the time of Apollo 11.

Por NASA Podcast #Recomendado Tweet Gravity Assist Podcast: Beyond Apollo with Planetary Geologist Jake Bleacher It's been 50 years since humans walked on the moon. Now NASA is planning to return, this time to stay. What will future lunar missions look like? Why do we go back at all?