{"id":50663,"date":"2019-07-16T18:10:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T23:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=50663"},"modified":"2019-07-19T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T19:56:50","slug":"owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Joins Rocketeers from Around the Globe in Moon Landing Commemoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Larry<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It should come as no surprise that we here at Rocket Yard love anything and everything to do with space \u2013 especially when it comes to rockets! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today marked the 50th anniversary of the launch that landed mankind on the moon. On July 16, 1969, at 8:32 a.m., a Saturn V rocket lifted off from Cape Kennedy carrying the Apollo 11 crew to its lunar destination. And in celebration, at 8:32am this morning, OWC launched their own model rockets from their headquarters in Woodstock, Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center<\/a> was already poised to break the Guinness Book of World Records by simultaneously launching 5,000 model rockets when they invited the public to join the celebration by launching their own\u2014regardless of where they were in the world. It was a Global Rocket Launch<\/a> event and OWC considered it an honor to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Much of the technology we take for granted today was born and highly accelerated during our race to space, the moon, and beyond,” says Founder and CEO Larry O’Connor. “The courage, imagination, and pure passion that made Apollo 11 possible\u2014and all it\u2019s led us to today\u2014that\u2019s something to live up to and strive for.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Today we launched rockets in symbolic and Guinness World Record fashion. But we\u2019re still far from a time when we\u2019ll be on our own rockets, or more advanced interstellar vehicles, traveling to entirely new worlds and beyond. We have an amazing planet Earth to care for \u2013 and an amazing cosmos beyond to explore. I want OWC\u2019s technology to be there for everyone\u2019s passions, imaginations, courage, and even one day\u2026  on a journey to the stars.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Larry<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 1993, LRO Computer Sales founder and CEO Larry O\u2019Connor wanted to rename the company to something that stood for more than just \u201csales.\u201d Drawing on the idea that it should represent information and relationships first, and inspired by the introduction to Star Trek that mentions exploring new worlds as part of its on-going mission, LRO Computer Sales emerged with a new name: Other World Computing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It should come as no surprise that we here at Rocket Yard love anything and everything to do with space \u2013 especially when it comes to rockets! Today marked the 50th anniversary of the launch that landed mankind on the moon. On July 16, 1969, at 8:32 a.m., a Saturn V rocket lifted off from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":50719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3765,2367],"class_list":["post-50663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-owc-news","category-space-beyond"],"yoast_head":"\nOWC Joins Global Rocketeers in Moon Landing Commemoration\u200b<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today marked the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing. In celebration, OWC joined a Global Rocket Launch event by blasting off their own model rockets.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OWC Joins Rocketeers from Around the Globe in Moon Landing Commemoration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today marked the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing. In celebration, OWC joined a Global Rocket Launch event by blasting off their own model rockets.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rocket Yard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoweredbyOWC\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-16T23:10:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-19T19:56:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RocketLaunch-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"OWC Newsfeed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/poweredbyOWC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"OWC Newsfeed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"OWC Newsfeed\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3ba79aedbd7ad1c0c4c8a33295f0c45b\"},\"headline\":\"OWC Joins Rocketeers from Around the Globe in Moon Landing Commemoration\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-16T23:10:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-19T19:56:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Moon\",\"OWC\",\"Space\"],\"articleSection\":[\"OWC News\",\"Space & Beyond\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/\",\"name\":\"OWC Joins Global Rocketeers in Moon Landing Commemoration\u200b\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-16T23:10:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-19T19:56:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Today marked the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing. In celebration, OWC joined a Global Rocket Launch event by blasting off their own model rockets.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OWC Joins Rocketeers from Around the Globe in Moon Landing Commemoration\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Rocket Yard\",\"description\":\"Your source for expert tips, special deals, commentary, reviews, and the latest tech news.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"OWC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rocket-yard-logo-round.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rocket-yard-logo-round.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024,\"caption\":\"OWC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3ba79aedbd7ad1c0c4c8a33295f0c45b\",\"name\":\"OWC Newsfeed\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f1110b1b2f58a5e0ff99b6ac1cb93dbf853e7848b2c0d0855b7aa63698c9674?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f1110b1b2f58a5e0ff99b6ac1cb93dbf853e7848b2c0d0855b7aa63698c9674?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"OWC Newsfeed\"},\"description\":\"The OWC Newsfeed provides the latest OWC, MacSales.com, Rocket Yard, and industry news, information, and announcements for your reading pleasure and shareability!\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.owc.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoweredbyOWC\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/owcmacsales\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/poweredbyOWC\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OWCmacsales?sub_confirmation=1\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/owc-newsfeed\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"OWC Joins Global Rocketeers in Moon Landing Commemoration\u200b","description":"Today marked the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing. In celebration, OWC joined a Global Rocket Launch event by blasting off their own model rockets.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"OWC Joins Rocketeers from Around the Globe in Moon Landing Commemoration","og_description":"Today marked the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing. In celebration, OWC joined a Global Rocket Launch event by blasting off their own model rockets.","og_url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/","og_site_name":"Rocket Yard","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoweredbyOWC\/","article_published_time":"2019-07-16T23:10:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-19T19:56:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RocketLaunch-1200x630.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"OWC Newsfeed","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/poweredbyOWC","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"OWC Newsfeed","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/"},"author":{"name":"OWC Newsfeed","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3ba79aedbd7ad1c0c4c8a33295f0c45b"},"headline":"OWC Joins Rocketeers from Around the Globe in Moon Landing Commemoration","datePublished":"2019-07-16T23:10:51+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-19T19:56:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/"},"wordCount":357,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["Moon","OWC","Space"],"articleSection":["OWC News","Space & Beyond"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/","url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/","name":"OWC Joins Global Rocketeers in Moon Landing Commemoration\u200b","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-07-16T23:10:51+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-19T19:56:50+00:00","description":"Today marked the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing. In celebration, OWC joined a Global Rocket Launch event by blasting off their own model rockets.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50663-owc-joins-rocketeers-in-moon-landing-commemoration\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OWC Joins Rocketeers from Around the Globe in Moon Landing Commemoration"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/","name":"Rocket Yard","description":"Your source for expert tips, special deals, commentary, reviews, and the latest tech news.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"OWC","url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rocket-yard-logo-round.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rocket-yard-logo-round.png","width":1024,"height":1024,"caption":"OWC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3ba79aedbd7ad1c0c4c8a33295f0c45b","name":"OWC Newsfeed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f1110b1b2f58a5e0ff99b6ac1cb93dbf853e7848b2c0d0855b7aa63698c9674?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f1110b1b2f58a5e0ff99b6ac1cb93dbf853e7848b2c0d0855b7aa63698c9674?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"OWC Newsfeed"},"description":"The OWC Newsfeed provides the latest OWC, MacSales.com, Rocket Yard, and industry news, information, and announcements for your reading pleasure and shareability!","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.owc.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoweredbyOWC\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/owcmacsales\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/poweredbyOWC","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OWCmacsales?sub_confirmation=1"],"url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/owc-newsfeed\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RocketLaunch-1200x630.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pmPaT-db9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50663"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50809,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50663\/revisions\/50809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}