In honor of both the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the late Walter Cronkite, this web site will air the complete footage that originally aired on live television 40 years ago to the second, as reported for CBS News by good old Walter. Synchronize your watches!

Schedule:
Moon landing broacast start: 4:10:30 pm EDT on July 20
Moon landing shown: 4:17:40 pm EDT
Moon landing broacast end: 4:20:15 pm EDT
Moon walk broadcast start: 10:51:27 pm EDT
First step on Moon: 10:56:15 pm EDT
Nixon speaks to the Eagle crew: approx 11:51:30 pm EDT
Moon walk broadcast end: 12:00:30 pm EDT on July 21

PS: EDT is three hours ahead of us, so it will kick off at 1:10 our time. THAT’S SOON!

PPS: DUH.

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Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and...

One reply on “Relive the Moon Landing with Walter Cronkite”

  1. Great idea and I look forward to watching. Just one nit pick. The photo you have posted, if my eyes are working properly, shows the lunar rover vehicle parked in front of the LEM. The photo therefore cannot be from the first landing, Apollo 11, because they didn’t take the rover to the moon until Apollo 15, two years later.

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