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Stumbled on this picture of my dad taking my sister and me up the steps to the Apollo Lunar Module at @ExploreSpaceKSC back around the time of the Apollo 11 launch in 1969. #Apollo11 #Apollo50th 
2/ And also this picture of my mom and me (and a family friend) watching the #Apollo11 launch. (The border says Sep 69 because that was when the film was processed, not when the picture was taken.) How do you like my penny loafers? 😅 #Apollo50th
3/ At Family Open House day a fire truck at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station sprayed firefighting foam and they let the kids play in it. I doubt that would be permitted nowadays 😅 That’s me smiling at the camera. Space fans will recognize the CCAFS hangars in back.
4/ And there’s the Major Matt Mason lunar crawler that my parents gave for Christmas just before #Apollo11. I’m happy to say I’m still playing with lunar robots 50 years later 😅
5/ Here is a photo of the plume after the #Apollo11 launch. I had to heavily edit edit the faded photo to see it. This is behind the Titusville Post Office on the Indian River. You can see the VAB on the horizon.
6/6 Last one for today. Remember those videos of crowds lining the shore to watch the #Apollo11 launch? Here is the helicopter that was taking those videos, swooping by again right after launch. You can make out the Saturn V launch plume above its tail.
7/7 Ah, here it is. This helicopter video shows the exact location in the photo. You can match up some people in both. This might’ve been from the same helicopter seen in the photo. dissolve.com/video/Apollo-l…
