The Apollo Media Moment and the Birth of the Modern Conspiracy Theory

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The Future of Space Travel

How will BOEING, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic make space travel accessible to the rest of us? Brian attempts to answer these questions with the help of CNN Contributor and Space expert Miles O'Brien and CNN's Space Correspondent Rachel Crane. To learn more about how CNN protects li ...  Show more

Women and the Space Race

Brian speaks with JoAnn Morgan, the first female engineer at Cape Canaveral and the only woman present in launch control during the Apollo 11 mission. Then, Brian discusses the importance of the "human computers" at NASA with the author of Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly. To ...  Show more

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