Apollo 11 launched 55 years ago this morning from Pad 39A.

This is coverage that morning with Walter Cronkite, starting at T-5:06 in the countdown. To watch in real time, start the video at 9:27 AM EDT / 6:27 AM PDT.

youtube.com/watch?v=jFUvSg2zXX

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Somewhere in the sulcus of my brain lies the memories of that summer, and the endless discussion on tv and Walter Cronkite leading us all through it.

@CinnamonGirlE There's a place over on the Air Force side where the original Mercury Mission Control Center was. Across the street was where a bank of phones for the press was. The bank is still there, lying in the grass, but the phones of course are long gone.

When I go there, I often think, "Walter Cronkite was here using these phones."

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