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Mike, I moved to Huntsville in '59 and probably met/lived next to all of "the team" throughout all of the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo missions. Did not meet many of the astronauts, but living in the middle of it all was surreal for me. The TV/radio stations would even warn you days in advance on the Saturn rocket tests so you could put breakables in a safe place in your house. (Yes, between that and the blasting from the limestone quarry on the mountain by our house, there was quite a bit of rumbling those days).

My Father was the station manager for Capital airlines (merged into United in '61). I'd go to the airport with him every Saturday, and while he did paperwork I would meet with many of "the team" who'd be flying from HSV to DC every weekend.