General Electric Commercial An Apollo 11 story, told by a GE employee spot commercial 2024

VIDEO General Electric An Apollo 11 story, told by a GE employee TV commercial 2019 • 50 years ago, Apollo 11 launched into space and put man on the moon. GE is proud of the over 6,000 employees that helped make it possible. From that mission to now helping to power one-third of the world, the brilliant people of GE continue to push to make progress possible. So, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, we asked current GE employees to share personal stories from this incredible moment in history. This is one of those stories. 00:05 Dear dad, 00:06 your colleagues at GE 00:08 knew you as a metallurgical engineer 00:10 who worked on the 00:11 Apollo program for NASA. 00:13 To me, you were a hero. 00:15 It was 1967. 00:18 During a class field trip to visit NASA, 00:20 you let me sneak away to your lab 00:23 There, I got to see what you worked on— 00:25 the lunar lander, 00:27 the first one ever to land on the Moon. 00:30 I was awestruck. 00:31 Years later, 00:33 your time on this little blue dot 00:35 came to an end. 00:37 But your work on that lander 00:38 —and your passion for science and math 00:40 — fueled my own interest in STEM. 00:43 You didn’t get a chance to see it happen, 00:46 but eventually I’d become a GE employee, 00:48 just like you. 00:50 Today, 00:50 I’m working on another big challenge 00:53 —powering the world. 00:55 And if you were still around, 00:56 I know you’d be proud. 00:59 Thank you for everything, dad. - advertisement spot 2019