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NASA: 50 Years of Space Exploration (2006)
Produced by: NASA

Embark on the adventure of a lifetime as you experience the most thrilling historical moments from American space exploration – from our greatest triumphs to heartbreaking tragedies.

What’s more, this highly informative special edition offers many fascinating stories you might never see – the launch and retrieval of satellites, behind the scenes on a space station, the true story of spy satellites and dreams of travel beyond Mars. In short, this is the most complete, entertaining and educational presentation of the amazing history of America’s space program.

Includes:

• The “Eagle has landed” historic mission to the moon by Apollo 11
• The amazing flight of John Glenn in Friendship 7
• The landmark docking of Apollo and Soyuz
• The scientific breakthrough of Skylab
• The horrific Challenger disaster

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