Category Archive

“Ok, Houston. The Moon is essentially gray.” – Commander James Lovell

“From the six manned flights of the Mercury program through the ten manned missions of Gemini, the development of manned spaceflight in the United States had proceeded with an elegant logic to the threshold of manned Apollo missions in the second half of the year 1968.”

“Now McDivitt put on a virtuoso performance playing the throttle of the Lunar Module, each variation of thrust a note in a technological symphony.”

“Exploration really is the essence of the human spirit. And to pause, to falter, to turn our back on the quest for knowledge is to perish, and I hope that we never forget that.” – Colonel Frank Borman

“While all other phases of the lunar mission can be demonstrated in Earth or lunar orbit, the manned lunar landing can be demonstrated only by its accomplishment.”

“From the first Mercury flight to the last Apollo mission, the silent secrets of space have slowly given way to persistent scientific investigation and brave men.”

“Houston, Houston, Charlie Brown. They’re down there among the rocks mumbling about the boulders and things right now.” — Commander John Young

“Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.” – Commander Neil Armstrong

“As Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder to a new—yet incredibly old—world, over 400,000 men and women symbolically descended with him. The men and women in government service, in industrial complexes, and in a network of universities who had made this incredible feat a reality.”