On Monday, which will be the fortieth anniversary of the moon landing of Apollo 11, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, will help to host a television marathon.
The marathon, according to the Washington Post, will be on the Turner Classic Movies (or TCM) channel, and will last "round the clock," and feature eleven movies (and one fifteen-minute short) about astronauts. The films will not foray into the world of science fiction, however, but will instead focus on the great achievements of the every day astronaut. Aldrin himself believes that science fiction leads the younger generation "into really totally unrealistic expectations" about space travel.
The 79-year-old Aldrin will host the movie marathon with TCM's Robert Osbourne. The movies, which will air all day Monday, will span from 1958's "From the Earth to the Moon" to 1978's "Capricorn One," with plenty of films in between, including 1983's critically acclaimed "The Right Stuff."
Of course, the marathon will be prerecorded, as the elderly Aldrin will be making the celebration circuit along with his colleague and fellow Apollo 11 crewman, Neil Armstrong. However, if you won't be attending any of the celebrations, at least tune in for a rousing collection of astronautical flicks.
