We are less than a month (July 20th) from the 50th Anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 landing on the moon and the statement “One small step..” by the first human to stand on a celestial body.

While many of us were not alive at the time, those were count it as one of the “big moments” in history. Those you remember where you were and who you were with as you watched that small step. Those of us too young to witness the event have heard the stories from their parents and grand parents.

That was the first of many firsts for our space program. Apollo 13 the televised near loss of a space crew, the launch of the first space shuttle, the explosion of the Challenger, the debut of the Hubble Space Telescope and later fitting of its corrective lens.

Space is the final frontier, and like all frontiers, we have a love and fascination with the stories and memories of it. And this is where we come in.

I’d like to invite everyone to share their stories of the moon landing, of the Challenger explosion, and of any and all space related memories.

You can share them by posting them on our Facebook page under this story, but another great way is to pull out your phone and interview someone about their stories, or have someone interview you. If we get enough of them, we will build a dedicated Shared Stories section on our website for audio and video stories of space, and, as it expands, history in general.

You can send these stories to ourtupelo@gmail.com.

Looking forward to hearing from you.