CBS Live Streams Apollo 11

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Key Takeaways:

  • CBS News is live streaming its original 1969 coverage of the Apollo 11 launch and moon landing, featuring Walter Cronkite in real time.
  • This stream commemorates the mission, often called "man's greatest adventure," which launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
  • The coverage is accessible on YouTube and through a special CBS News "Man on the Moon" retrospective.
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In commemoration of what many have called man’s greatest adventure, CBS news is live streaming its original coverage of the Apollo 11 launch on July 16, 1969. The coverage is running in real time and features Walter Cronkite in hours of continuous live coverage of the landing and eventual exploration of the lunar surface.

Coverage can be seen at this link on YouTube and also in a special Man on the Moon retrospective prepared by CBS. The mission launched from then Cape Kennedy at 8:32 a.m. EST on July 16. The Eagle lunar module landed on the Moon at 3:17 p.m. EST on July 20.

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