The history of the space race, as seen by 11 children of Apollo astronauts and flight directors
They are the names written in history books: Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Chaffee, Bean, Cernan, Anders, Griffin, Carr. Their stories of NASA's Apollo program in the 1960s and '70s are the stuff of legend and lore.
The telling has mostly come from the astronauts themselves, or members of Mission Control, occasionally from the astronauts' spouses. But there was another group who had a front row seat to history. This is the story of Apollo from some of its most wide-eyed observers: the children of those brave Americans who first went into space.This is the second of a two-part story on the history of the space race as seen by 11 children of Apollo astronauts and flight directors.
See the moon landing as they did in 1969 02:11In Andy's eyes, his father was athletic, quiet, thoughtful and introspective."He liked sitting at his desk, smoking his pipe in his study," Andy said."Occasionally he would take time to teach us things."On one such occasion, the family was driving home from a trip to the zoo. The kids had helium balloons in the car.
See the moon from the perspective of Apollo 13 astronauts 01:08The one person Barbara needed the most wasn't there: Connie. To avoid tying up the phone line, she wasn't allowed to call, nor was she allowed to visit."I couldn't talk to anybody," Barbara said. At 16, she needed her best friend. Eventually, she just started sneaking out to the neighbor's house, where someone would drive her to Connie's.
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