More Moon Nostalgia in Today's Times

Photo by Jen Chung/Gothamist

Yesterday we got to watch in "real time" the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon, down to the second it was aired when covered by Walter Cronkite. Today the NY Times has included a four page insert in the paper, featuring the big headline of July 21st, 1969, just as it was printed 40 years ago. Wanna save some trees? Read the original story here; it's still probably one of the most exciting ledes of all time: "Men have landed and walked on the moon."

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on July 21, 2009 12:22 PM

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WesleySnipesAlot

I'm still a big fan of The Onion's retro headline (NSFW):

http://www.members.shaw.ca/rlongpre01/moon.html

Dirk

Everyone knows the moon landing was a fake.

ANGRYGOD11

Hooray.

Another anniversary of another historical event to be noted by today's press.

The next time someone knocks kids for not reading newspapers, remind them how the media gushes about events that took place a generation, or more, before they were born.