40 YEARS AGO, ON JULY 20, 1969, humans first set foot on an extraterrestrial body, Earth's moon, after a journey which lasted 4 days 6 hours 45 minutes and covered more than 240,000 miles. In all, six crews have made that journey and landing. | ||
| I have the high honor and great privilege to have been part of that effort, having worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company as a contractor in the Data Reduction Complex, Building 12, at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (now called the Johnson Space Center), near Houston, Texas, from July 1, 1965 through February 28, 1967, through the last several Gemini missions and the tragic fire in the Apollo I spacecraft. |  | It was my first job; I was 18. I'd have paid them, and done my best to
outbid the competitors, to have that job. Each time you go outside and look at the Moon, remember all the people who helped to make possible the most important -- and longest -- single voyage of exploration in the history of mankind to date. |
| This page is in honor of the all the brave men who made that journey, and in memory of Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee, who never had the chance, but who died trying. | ||