Years After Moon Walk, Astronaut Finds Jesus

Where were you?

If you were alive when man first walked on the moon 43 years ago, chances are this moment is forever etched in your memory.

An event arguably as big as any in the history of the United States, Neil Armstrong’s first steps came on television at 10:56 p.m. (EDT) on July 20, 1969.

Charlie Duke remembers. How could he not?

The Capcom astronaut for that Apollo 11 mission entrusted with communicating with Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during their landing on the lunar surface, Duke could hardly breathe in those final minutes. The mission was in real danger of aborting and Duke was the sole communication link from mission control to the astronauts hovering over the moon.

“Very intense, very hectic,” Duke remembers that night in Houston. “We experienced a lot of communication problems, data dropouts, computer overload warnings. But we kept going.”

Hanging in the balance was nearly a decade worth of grueling work to fulfill President Kennedy’s 1961 dream and promise to put a man on the moon—and return him to Earth safely—by the end of the decade.

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Evermyrtle

There is a hymn, " GOD will take care of you and we can see just how true that is. These people left the earth ans went to the moon where a thousand things could have happened to have aborted the mission and left them dead but GOD went all the way to the Moon with them and brought them back alive even before they believed. It is difficult for me to believe that people saw that and knew all about and still doubted.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/ keyboardshark

Apollo 8 was a mission undertaken by NASA to orbit the moon as a preparatory flight to the moon landing accomplished by Apollo 11. While they were orbiting the moon on Christmas Eve, 1968, they read from the Book of Genesis, in what was the most watched television broadcast at the time.

"Bill Anders
"We are now approaching lunar sunrise and, for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Jim Lovell
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Frank Borman
"And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEmn0uaQCYc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxiTKeQVjuo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading

Can you imagine NASA allowing such a thing today? Shows you how far we have fallen from our Christian heritage, just in the space (no pun intended) of a few decades. If an astronaut tried to read from the Bible on a national telecast today, he would be vilified as 'hateful' and the ACLU probably would sue NASA.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/ keyboardshark

If you have time, watch this full-length documentary about the Apollo 11 mission called "Apollo 11 Moonwalk One" (1970). If you were alive then and old enough to remember, it will bring back a lot of memories:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oRCEG08yndI#!

(Just ignore the few references to millions/billions of years and evolution)
- Annie
  
  I came along a long time before "Apollo 11" and you are right it brings back a lot of memories.
  - http://www.answersingenesis.org/ keyboardshark
    
    God bless you, Annie. Glad you enjoyed it. I was young at the time, (and had chicken pox while I was watching it, believe it or not), but I still remember quite a bit about it myself.