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When We Were Apollo

  • Documentary

July 18, 2019 (US)

1h 20m

What made it so successful were the people.

Who were the men and women of Project Apollo? Where are they today? What do they think of the extraordinary effort they helped make possible? Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing in 2019, When We Were Apollo is an intimate and personal look at the Apollo...

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