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Jul 2019
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Bonus Episode: More Apollo Stories

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Throughout the series, you heard memories of the first Moon landing from people all over the world. In this bonus episode, we share a few more stories: a trip to Rome, a girl with binoculars and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. 
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