MUSIC AND MOONWALKS; ROCKETDYNE'S APOLLO 11 ENGINES MAKE TOUCHDOWN AT CONCERT IN THE PARK.Byline: Kathryn Combs Staff Writer On Sunday, San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. residents were reminded that not only was it an American who made it to the moon first, but that it was Rocketdyne, a Valley-based company, that helped make it possible. Less than a week from the 30th anniversary of the launching of the historical moon mission in 1969, the Boeing Co. and Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power displayed various engines like those that made the Apollo 11 mission a success. The display was part of the Concert in the Park series at Warner Park
Warner Park is a community park in northern Madison, Wisconsin. in Woodland Hills Sunday, which featured New Orleans-based Preservation Hall Jazz Band Preservation Hall Jazz Band is the name for groups of Traditional jazz musicians from New Orleans on tours organized by Preservation Hall. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band usually performs nightly at Preservation Hall and tours around the world over 150 days a year. . ``It's history. The first lunar landing was a full generation ago. People will always remember where they were that day,'' said John Mitchell, 57. Mitchell said the display at the concert represented a big part of what it means to be an American. When the lunar module landed on the moon July 20, 1969, he remembered feeling enormous pride. ``We wanted America to get there first and we did. There was such a space race with the Russians. You looked at that black-and-white TV and said to yourself, It really happened.'' Among the technology displayed Sunday were engine types responsible for propelling the lunar module from the moon to the command module. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Vince Wheelock, the largest piece on display, the J-2 engine, was part of the craft that allowed it to get into orbit around the Earth and then take off toward the moon. At the time of the Apollo 11 mission, Wheelock, who retired from Rocketdyne after 40 years, was beginning to work on the concepts and design of the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. . He said the Apollo anniversary is significant because of the success of the mission and the technological discoveries made in the process. ``This display is to remind the people that our boys went to the moon and came home safely. It was a very thrilling experience to be a part of this. Such challenges and frontiers have been my life,'' Wheelock said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Rocketdyne, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first moonwalk moon·walk n. A walk on the surface of the moon by an astronaut. intr.v. moon·walked, moon·walk·ing, moon·walks To walk on the surface of the moon. , displays components of the Saturn V  For the moon designated Saturn V, see Rhea. Saturn V is also an alternative designation for the Centaur rocket stage. "Saturn 5" redirects here. rocket used in the Apollo 11 mission to the moon at Sunday's Concert in the Park in Woodland Hills. (2) The Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded plays at Warner Park's Concert in the Park on Sunday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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