

Mission Control
At the heart of the Apollo space program was the team in Mission Control. They came from the farms and smokestack towns of ordinary life in 20th century America, but what they accomplished was extraordinary. Learn about the team who helped put a man on the moon.
At the heart of the Apollo space program was the team in Mission Control. They came from the farms and smokestack towns of ordinary life in 20th century America, but what they accomplished was extraordinary. Learn about the team who helped put a man on the moon.
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