Apollo 11 Family Spacefest this Saturday in celebration of man's first steps on moon
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, TODAY'S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 11 LAUNCH, THE MISSION THAT LANDED THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON. ON SATURDAY, YOU CAN CELEBRATE THIS HISTORIC MISSION AT WILMER COMMUNITY COLLEGE. FIRST OF ALL, IF I STEP ON THE MOON, IT SAYS THAT I AM 31 POUNDS. A LITTLE TIP FOR ALL YOU GUYS WHO WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT, THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO. AGAIN, TODAY'S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAUNCH OF APOLLO 11, BUT THIS SATURDAY IS THE ACTUAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST STEP ON THE MOON. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE APOLLO 11 FAMILY SPACE THAT IS TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US, PROFESSOR P. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? WE HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. IT'S THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY, THE LANDING ON THE MOON, THAT WAS 50 YEARS AGO ON SATURDAY. WE WANT TO FIRE UP THE IMAGINATION OF KIDS. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. WE WANT THEM TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE ASTRONAUTS. EVERY ADVENTURE BEGINS WITH ONE SMALL STEP, JUST LIKE NEIL ARMSTRONG. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE BEING SCATTERED AROUND CAMPUS. THE ACTIVITIES WILL SPAN FROM OUR THEATER WHERE WE HAVE A GALLERY, DOWN TO THE AREA WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS OUR STAGING ROOM. IN THE GALLERY WILL BE EXHIBITS SHOWING THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE ASTRONAUTS LANDING ON THE MOON. THIS DIORAMA CAPTURES THE ENTIRE EVENT. THIS IS NEIL ARMSTRONG TAKING THAT FIRST STEP ON THE MOON. WHAT HE SAID WAS, THIS WAS ONE SMALL STEP FOR A MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND. WE HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SCALE MODELS OF THE EARTH AND THE MOON. THEY WILL BE SEPARATED ABOUT 40 FEET APART. IN THE KIDS WILL FLY FROM THE EARTH, TAKING OFF IN FLORIDA LIKE THE ASTRONAUTS DID, THEY WILL LOOP AROUND THE MOON IN A FIGURE EIGHT AND WHEN THEY LAND ON THE MOON, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT THEIR FIRST WORDS ON THE MOON WORK. THE NEXT THING THEY DO, THEY WILL REACH DOWN INTO THIS BUCKET AND THERE IS A MOON DROP FOR THEM, A SOUVENIR FOR THEM TO TAKE HOME. AND THEY WILL LAUNCH BACK TO THE EARTH AND SPLASHDOWN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. ALL OF THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THIS MODEL RIGHT HERE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL APOLLO MODEL ITSELF. THE COMMAND MODULE THAT YOU SEE SEPARATED HERE. THE LUNAR MODULE EVENTUALLY SEPARATED AND THAT IS WHAT LANDED ON THE MOON. THE LAST ASTRONAUTS STAYED IN THE APOLLO CAPSULE. THAT WAS MICHAEL COLLINS. BUZZ ALDRIN AND NEIL ARMSTRONG WERE ON THE MOON. LATER THEY TOOK OFF AND JOIN THAT WITH MICHAEL COLLINS AND EVENTUALLY LANDED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THAT IS THE MODEL, AND THAT IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER THEY LANDED ON. AND THAT HAS A DIRECT CONNECTION TO HAWAII. THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER WAS BROUGHT TO PEARL HARBOR IN THE ASKED NOTES -- ASTRONAUTS WERE OFFLOADED THERE. HAVE EVERYTHING ALL SET , STAY TUNED FOR 7:00 , WILL TALK MORE ABOUT HOW HAWAII IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH APOLLO 11, IT'S LAUNCHING IN PREPARATION AND OF COURSE IT'S RETURNED BACK TO EARTH. HE SURE TO STAY TUNED AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT. ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, YOU WILL FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ONLINE. THE EVENT STARTS AT 10:00 IN THE THAT YOUR NINTH ISLAND NIGHTLIFE REPORT. BACK TO YOU. ALWAYS SO MUCH GOING ON. LET'S GO BACK TO WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO TALK AND A DEFENSE -- ABOUT AN EVENT THIS SATURDAY TO DISCUSS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. HOW IS IT GOING? WE ARE SORRY WE HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. THINK OF THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAD BACK THEN, SENDING PEOPLE UP TO THE MOON. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE PROFESSOR. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN APOLLO 11 AND HAWAII. THE ASTRONAUTS GETTING PREPARED ON HAWAII IN THE LAVA FEELS, AND I NEVER HEARD THAT THE COMMAND MODULE HAD ACTUALLY SPLASHED DOWN OFFSHORE FROM OAHU. WE HAVE A DEEP CONNECTION BETWEEN HAWAII AND THE APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS AS THEY RETURNED BACK TO EARTH. THE MISSIONS WOULD ALWAYS SPLASHED ON IN THE OCEAN. APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE SPLASHED DOWN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND WAS GREETED BY FROGMEN WHO HELPED THE ASTRONAUTS OUT OF THE SPACE CAPSULE, THEN THEY WERE PUT ON A HELICOPTER AND BROUGHT ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER. IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE A DINER, WHEN I WENT INSIDE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT INSIDE THE HEAD UKULELES FOR THE ASTRONAUTS TO PLAY AROUND WITH BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THEY WERE BROUGHT BACK BY THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO PEARL HARBOR WHERE THEY WERE GREETED WITH A PHENOMENAL GREETING AT PEARL HARBOR. WE ARE SHOWING SOME IMAGES, CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE ACTUALLY TOOK THESE PICTURES, BEING ABLE TO GO UP AND SEE THE COMMAND MODULE ITSELF. IT IS SUCH A COOL THING TO EXPERIENCE 50 YEARS LATER. AFTER THIS EVENT, WHAT ARE SOME COOL THINGS THAT KIDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE COMING HERE? EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE REAL MOON ROCKS. THE APOLLO 11 MISSION BROUGHT BACK 48 POUNDS. ALL THE MISSIONS BROUGHT BACK OVER 800 POUNDS. WE HAVE SAMPLES FROM THE FIRST MISSION, APOLLO 11, AND THEN THE LAST MISSION, APOLLO 17. IN ADDITION TO TWO FLAGS THAT WERE FLOWN ON THE MOON. I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME SOMEONE ACTUALLY STEPPED ON THE MOON? THAT WAS BACK IN DECEMBER 1972. TO THINK IT WAS THAT LONG AGO. ALL THESE THINGS ARE FREE, THAT'S A WORD THAT WE ALL LOVE TO HEAR COME STARTING AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING AND LASTING UNTIL 4:00. MAKE YOUR WAY OVER TO
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