My most vivid childhood memory is of the moment we landed on the moon. I listened in awe as our greatest technological achievement unfolded. I was lucky to grow up with the moon program. It instilled in me the belief that we can accomplish anything if we dedicate ourselves to the task. I hope my grandchildren can experience something so grand. - Howard Keziah from Bookmarklet

My 2 sons asked me once what history experience that occurred during my life was most memorable. Answer: the 'moon landing/walk' & the JFK assignation when I was a kid. On the positive side, the "Moon" was special. - john lensi

Unfortunately, I think my generations most vivid space memory is of the Challenger explosion. Since McAuliffe was on board, our school was making a huge deal of it prior to... and then everyone was obviously shocked after. - jacksutherland

We were at the beach on July 20, 1969 and it was notable as the only vacation where my dad took a TV with us. (Old beach house, no AC or TV in St Augustine, FL!). One of those defining events in a lifetime. - Gretchen Smith

And I don't think my girls understood why Dave and I were so thrilled to be in the VIP area at Cape Kennedy to see a shuttle launch, it was like a childhood dream. I can still remember the percussion of the launch and the awe of actually seeing it blastoff. Ironically it was the last successful launch of Challenger, about 6 months before the tragedy. - Gretchen Smith

"If we can land a man on the moon, we can get people to upgrade from #IE6." I think John F. Kennedy said that. - jacksutherland

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I sure remember the Apollo program. I worked there when Apollo 1 blew up on the launch pad killing all of the astronauts. It was very sad and slowed down the program so that I missed working there for the moon landing. - Gail Carter