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Remembering the Moon Landing

Mike Kiniry
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WGCU Public Media
Special insert to the Kansas City Times the day of the moon landing.

On July 20, 1969, people across this country, and all over the world, were transfixed by the events taking place 238,000 miles above the surface of the earth. Apollo 11 landed the first two humans on the Moon.

On today's show, we look back to that fateful day, as its 50th anniversary approaches with Joel Banow, the man who directed coverage for CBS with anchor Walter Cronkite behind the desk; and the man who was in one of the control rooms responding to the data coming back from the Apollo Lunar Module, Ed Grace. Join us as we relive this remarkable moment in human history.