Don't Trip Over a Terranaut!

This article from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World kinda does your heart good in finding something good to say about us poor ol' Earthlings.

As you wend your way flying about by the seat of our pants, be kind to your fellow Terranauts this week!  See you next Monday.

  

I Call This One "Uncle Medals"

Because these two squibs ran one above the other in the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

No word on whether any of those previous gold medals have since turned up in Moscow pawn shops.  See you next Monday!

  

Apollo 8 Couldn't Have Happened Without Him!

That is, without the father of  Astronaut William Anders, the journey of Apollo 8 woulda been really different!.  Read all about it in this clipping from the August 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you again right here next Monday, fellow Lunians!

  

Don't Step in the Moonglow

Of course, in this case "moonglow" is reporterese for "being in the spotlight" of public notice.

This is from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you next week, fellow moon-baskers!

  

Watch Out for Them Sooners

 This is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Thanks to them and many more Okies since then!

  

TV in Review and News Quotes

This clipping is from the July 21, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.

"A positive tonic in negative times," wrote Dick Du Brow.  We need such things now, too, dontcha think?  See you next Monday!

  

Say Hello to "aJn"

You can tell that "old" newspapers' texts were typed by humans because of simple little transpositions as found in the caption of the photo below.

This happy image is from the July 18, 1969 Tulsa World.  See you next week -- I'll try to be on time!

  

Not to Worry

As we can read in this article from the July 20, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, we ding-dang humans can't help but worry.

I think it would be neat to live in "Space Headquarters USA," don't you?  See you Monday!

  

Feel Free to Shout

This article from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World shows what I'm talkin' about.

Now, I didn't shout ... but I did go outside and point at the Moon and say with quiet satisfaction, "We got you."  I was 12 at the time.

  See you next Monday.

   

Trust Your Instincts?

This rumination on space, Earth, and her peoples is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you next week, fellow terranauts!

  

Tense, Ecstatic, and a Few More Adjectives

But not all of them were printable.

You know that they knew their lives would be intrusively examined before and after Apollo, but don't you bet there were plenty of times when the "space families" wished they could just let out with a burp or a cuss word, unwatched?

This article is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

  

Neither Planned nor Unplanned

... That's a government employee for ya!

This is from the August 13, 1969 Tulsa World.

Here's what Time had to say about Armstrong's words.  See you next Monday!

  

Two Kids Thinking

The above photo of Buzz Aldrin's kid is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

And the above pic is of Neil Armstrong's brother, from the Tulsa World of July 22, 1969.

Keep thinking deep patriotic thoughts, fellow Moon Mavens!  See you next Monday.

  

What Would Troy Say Now?

 ...About the scheduled-for-today launch of NASA's Moon rocket Artemis 1!?!

This article is from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World, where Troy Gordon was a fixture for over two decades.

See you next week!

  

Please Join Me in a Bask!

As you can read in this article from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World, we had a lot to bask about!

And don't miss the tiny sidebar about some new Peruvian citizens named Selena and Neil.  I wonder how they turned out!  See you next Monday.

  

Moon Bugs, Not June Bugs!

From the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World:

See you next Monday!  I wonder if descendants or families of these "Tulsa scientists" still reside in the vicinity?

  

Can You Believe It?

Evidently the Oklahomans queried about the Moon Landing for this July 21, 1969 Tulsa World article felt their legs were being pulled.

More believe-it-or-don't next Monday.

  

Banished, I Tell You!

This is from the August 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Maybe one of you Moon Mavens can enlighten the rest of us, if you know the background, or any follow-up to this news story.

We DO know that the sole remaining "possible" moon voyager mentioned in this article, Harrison (Jack) Schmitt, DID make it to the moon, on Apollo 17, in December 1972, the last time anybody walked on our lunar companion.  According to Wikipedia, he's the "only person without a background in military aviation to have walked on the Moon."

See you next week!

  

Letters About the Moon

This is part of the LETTERS section from the August 1, 1969 issue of Time mag.

Profound, whiny, proud, nitpicking --- that's America for you!  See you next week.

  

An Ecstatic Space Wife for Valentine's

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

As you can read, all three "space wives" were covered.  I'd be tense too!

See you next week.