A NUMBER OF LEGENDARY ASTRONAUTS
AND NASA OFFICIALS
VISITED N-A-S PENSACOLA THIS
WEEKEND, TO COMMEMORATE THE
40 YEARS SINCE THE LAST MOON
MISSION. DOZENS WERE THERE TO
HEAR STORIES
ABOUT THEIR TRIPS INTO SPACE.
FOX10'S CORY PIPPIN WAS THERE,
TOO.
HE BRINGS YOU THIS REPORT.
the stage Saturday onboard NAS
Pensacola, reliving stories of
their
conquests and tales of adventure
beyond our planet "I kind of
look at these guys as
monuments, this is such an
important part of American
history," Numerous men from the
Apollo 13 mission took the stage
early, including survivor Ret.
Navy Captain Jim Lovell - along
side former flight directors
Eugene Kranz, Gerry Griffin and
engineer
Glynn Lunney, men who were key
in bringing Lovell and the rest
of the crew home safely after an
explosion on their shuttle Tom
Eskridge says he actually worked
at NASAhe was one of
dozens that got to hear the men
speak and ask their own
questions.
"It's important to hear these
guys stories when everyone was
rooting for the US to be the
first
ones into space and when
everyone was so unified in this
program," But the importance of
the day
wasn't lost on those not old
enough to remember the events
for themselves Ben Pratt says
he wants to be an astronautand
wore his own special spacesuit
to the ceremony "He wants to
work for NASA, he may or may not
but this is an experience he
wont be able to have again - to
meet some people who did truly
amazing things. We'll always be
able to say yes, remember when
you saw those people and it'll
add layers to his memories," "I
think it's important to see
these
guys and hear their stories
while they're still around with
us," Reporting from
Pensacola, Cory Pippin, Fox 10
News.
THE CROWD WAS ALSO TREATED TO AN
APPEARANCE BY SENATOR JOHN
GLENN, THE THIRD AMERICAN TO
STEP ON THE MOON... AS WELL AS
RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN GENE
CERNAN, THE LAST AMERICAN TO
WALK
ON THE MOON. THE MUSEUM
UNVEILED ITS NEWEST
EXHIBIT, A FULL SCALE REPLICA OF
AN APOLLO LUNAR EXCURSION
MODULE, FOLLOWED BY A TRIBUTE TO
