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calimary

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7. We relished every moment of it!

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:45 PM

Apr 10

I LOVED these events during the U.S. space flight heyday. Hung on every minute of the coverage of every shot.

Just LOVED it! It’s our gateway to humans living in space! Working shifts on orbiting space stations, traveling farther on rockets (next goal for humans: Mars?), colonizing areas not of OUR world…

I hope I live long enough to see at least the beginnings of it.

But, hell, if my body dies before that gets going, maybe my spirit can tag along! (And it’s bound not to take up much room, supplies, OR oxygen onboard!)

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That was the first ever live splashdown I've seen of a space craft. [View all] Tommy Carcetti Apr 10 OP

It's been a long time. surfered Apr 10 #1

I think... 2naSalit Apr 10 #2

I remember watching The Right Stuff wishing I had been around for Glenn's flight Tommy Carcetti Apr 10 #3

Back then... 2naSalit Apr 10 #5

I was in Japan and my mom said John Glenn was orbitting the earth. LeftInTX Apr 11 #15

I was is first grade also Sequoia Apr 11 #19

I remember gerryatwork Apr 10 #11

Glenn thought he wasn't going to survive SCantiGOP Apr 10 #14

Yeah, they kept the retro rocket package on... Tommy Carcetti Apr 11 #16

I remember the prior splashdowns LetMyPeopleVote Apr 10 #4

I am in awe of how many people it takes to make something like this happen. llmart Apr 10 #6

We relished every moment of it! calimary Apr 10 #7

So fabulous to watch this! I cheered when Wiseman responded after they got through the atmosphere. AllyCat Apr 10 #8

I watched nearly all the Apollo missions FoxNewsSucks Apr 10 #9

So wonderful.🙂 Javaman Apr 10 #10

The name. hamsterjill Apr 10 #12

I remember him Sequoia Apr 11 #20

In 1975, they swore to me that I had just watched the last landing of this nature. Gore1FL Apr 10 #13

53 years. One ending... and one beginning. 🌊🚀 LetMyPeopleVote Apr 11 #17

That strange, warm feeling you have? Happy Hoosier Apr 11 #18