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Ep 4: 1968
Manage episode 295121365 series 2940054
Depicts Apollo 8's historic first manned lunar flight, as the redemption of an otherwise strife-torn year filled with political assassinations, war, and unrest. Documentary footage of the turbulent political events are interspersed with the drama, which is mostly filmed in black and white except for scenes aboard the spacecraft and some color newsreel footage. The fears of mission commander Frank Borman's wife Susan of the possibility of her husband dying in a spacecraft trapped in lunar orbit are highlighted. Includes the Apollo 8 Genesis reading.
Episode 4 links:
Apollo 8 Launch with Flight Director’s Loop
Apollo 8 TV Transmissions (first one)
Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast
18 episodes
Manage episode 295121365 series 2940054
Depicts Apollo 8's historic first manned lunar flight, as the redemption of an otherwise strife-torn year filled with political assassinations, war, and unrest. Documentary footage of the turbulent political events are interspersed with the drama, which is mostly filmed in black and white except for scenes aboard the spacecraft and some color newsreel footage. The fears of mission commander Frank Borman's wife Susan of the possibility of her husband dying in a spacecraft trapped in lunar orbit are highlighted. Includes the Apollo 8 Genesis reading.
Episode 4 links:
Apollo 8 Launch with Flight Director’s Loop
Apollo 8 TV Transmissions (first one)
Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast
18 episodes
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