NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Artemis launch marks NASA’s first crewed mission to the moon in 54 years. The last trip, Apollo 17, all the way back in 1972. Today, those who lived through those events, as well as the first moon landing, are reflecting on the iconic missions.
From sitting in front of grandma’s TV to watching it while on a family vacation in Florida from their parents’ backseat. Those who lived through the first moon landing remember it fondly.
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Jim Scott, the director of the Patrick Henry Hays Senior Center in North Little Rock, said it’s something that shaped his younger days.
“It’s something that had never been done by man, and here we are 50-some odd years later. We’re getting ready to do this again,” Scott said…