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Tag Archives: Apollo Space Program
September 26th in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins spoke to a jubilant crowd at the North American Rockwell (now Boeing) plant in Seal Beach across Bay Boulevard (now Seal Beach Boulevard) from where the second … Continue reading
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Tagged Anaheim Bay, Anaheim Landing, Apollo, Apollo 11, Apollo Space Program, Bay Boulevard, Boeing, Flat Earth Society, Mike Collins, Moon, Neil Armstrong, North American Aviation, North American Rockwell, Rockwell, S-II, Saturn S-II, Saturn V, Seal Beach, Seal Beach Boulevard, Seal Beach History
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April 21st in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1965, construction foreman Russel Wolfing, 44, plummeted ninety feet to his death when a cable holding a platform snapped as it was being run through a pulley. The platform was being installed on North American Aviation’s one … Continue reading
… And They Went To The Moon
North American Aviation Rockwell – August, 1969 “… The Saturn V rocket which put us in orbit is an incredibly complicated piece of machinery, every piece of which worked flawlessly … We have always had confidence that this equipment will … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, Apollo, Apollo Space Program, Neil Armstrong, North American Aviation, Rockwell, Seal Beach
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We Will Go To The Moon…
Apollo Saturn V S-II Rocket on Bay Boulevard – 1965-68? We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve … Continue reading
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Tagged Anaheim Bay, Anaheim Landing, Apollo, Apollo Space Program, North American Aviation, S-II, Saturn S-II, Saturn V, Seal Beach
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