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fandomhigh2016-04-08 05:52 pm
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20th Century American History, Friday, April 8, 2016
"Today we're going to focus on one of my favorite parts of modern American history," Steve said. "The space race. We talked a bit about Sputnik last week, but let's get into a little more detail, okay?"
Steve led them through the Explorer program, then the Russian's Luna program, the formation of NASA, the Mercury launches, and the first man in Space, Georgian Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He talked about Alan Sheppard and John Glenn, and then the Apollo program.
Finally he passed out astronaut ice cream that he'd picked up on a trip to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and started a movie. "Okay, this is a movie about the Apollo 13 launch," he said, "just to reiterate how extremely risky and dangerous this stuff was."
Steve led them through the Explorer program, then the Russian's Luna program, the formation of NASA, the Mercury launches, and the first man in Space, Georgian Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He talked about Alan Sheppard and John Glenn, and then the Apollo program.
Finally he passed out astronaut ice cream that he'd picked up on a trip to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and started a movie. "Okay, this is a movie about the Apollo 13 launch," he said, "just to reiterate how extremely risky and dangerous this stuff was."
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