Jul 162019
Fifty years ago today, fifty years ago this very hour in fact, at 9:32 AM EDT on July 16, 2019, Apollo 11 was launched.
Moonbound Apollo 11 clears the launch tower. NASA photo
And thus began a journey that, arguably, remains the greatest adventure in human history to date.
I was six years old in 1969, hooked on the novels of Jules Verne. With Apollo 11, Verne’s bold imagination became the reality of the day.