I didn't exist for the first moon landing

I only barely existed for the Challenger (I was five). What I do remember about the space program was that all through elementary school everything would stop - school-wide - for a shuttle launch. TVs would be rolled into classrooms and everyone would watch the launches. I don't know if it was just this emphasis on the events that I was getting from my school, but I felt like in the late 80's the shuttle launches were still big, talked-about events that people cared about. Sadly I think people became less and less impressed with the idea, and eventually I wouldn't hear about a shuttle launch for days.