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·For my fellow astro-nuts:
"On May 6, 1968, astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, then assigned as backup commander for the Apollo 9 mission, took off on a simulated lunar landing mission in Lunar Landing Research Vehicle #1 (LLRV-1) at Ellington Air Force Base near the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in Houston, his 22nd flight of the test vehicle. Armstrong had been airborne about five minutes when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle. About 200 feet above the ground, he chose to eject. While the LLRV crashed and burned on impact Armstrong parachuted safely to Earth and was not injured." ---https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-armstrong-survives-training-crash
On May 9, 1968, Speedmaster 145.012 was born. (Okay, three days later.)
I am fairly certain that whatever Mr. Mr. Armstrong was doing on May 9th, he was not thinking about my watch. However, years later my watch and I are thinking about him.
If you'd like to share your watch's day in history I'd love to hear it.
"On May 6, 1968, astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, then assigned as backup commander for the Apollo 9 mission, took off on a simulated lunar landing mission in Lunar Landing Research Vehicle #1 (LLRV-1) at Ellington Air Force Base near the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in Houston, his 22nd flight of the test vehicle. Armstrong had been airborne about five minutes when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle. About 200 feet above the ground, he chose to eject. While the LLRV crashed and burned on impact Armstrong parachuted safely to Earth and was not injured." ---https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-armstrong-survives-training-crash
On May 9, 1968, Speedmaster 145.012 was born. (Okay, three days later.)
I am fairly certain that whatever Mr. Mr. Armstrong was doing on May 9th, he was not thinking about my watch. However, years later my watch and I are thinking about him.
If you'd like to share your watch's day in history I'd love to hear it.
