Grandville93

Were you able to see any of the high-definition footage of your father as CAPCOM during Apollo 11 prior to it be released in the 2019 movie "Apollo 11" (by Todd Douglas Miller)? - that Imax-quality 70mm footage was astounding! Did your father (as an astronaut) get to take any home-movie footage of him working/ or with other astronauts of their "home" life during the same time period?

Also, do any of the space mementos that your father had provide you special memories/ or retain special significance to you? It's possible that they may be something personal that relates to a private moment- if so, no need to explain... (things like a Snoopy pin, or special award, etc...)

That's a great memento- something that represents untold hours of work, resulting in something that seems simple from viewed from the outside but is incredibly complex and meaningful to the people who engineered/ designed/ tested it - and for your dad, actually got to use it in space. Also, since I haven't seen the photo posted yet in this AMA, here's the picture of your dad floating un-tethered in space, from the Nasa Archives: Bruce McCandless in MMU, STS-41B, 1984

Agreed, that high-definition footage was astounding- I was able to see it here locally at the Hunstville, AL Space and Rocket Center IMAX theatre- it was amazing to to see the imagery "life-size" of the Saturn V. If ever visiting Huntsville, you're welcome to contact me/ PM for a tour and meet-up.

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