The Apollo
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| Initial release | April 24, 2019 |
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| Directors | Roger Ross Williams |
| Producers | Roger Ross Williams |
| Lisa Cortés | |
| Cassidy Hartmann | |
| Jeanne Elfant Festa | |
| Nigel Sinclair | |
| Editors | Jean Tsien |
| John Steven Fisher | |
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| ID | 2926281 |
About The Apollo
Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams looks at the storied history of the iconic Apollo Theater while following the Apollo's inaugural staging of Ta-Nehisi Coates' acclaimed "Between the World and Me. "
'Stiletto row' official to appear at Covid inquiry
... Just ahead of a quote from the leader of - of all things - The Apollo space programme, Mr Cummings from War and Peace: " Nothing was ready for the war which everybody expected...
Chandrayaan-3: What has India's Moon rover Pragyaan been up to since landing?
... Noah Petro, a project scientist at Nasa, told the BBC s Soutik Biswas that it s been known from the 1970s - from The Apollo and Luna samples - that sulphur is present in the lunar soil...
US tornadoes: Death toll grows as extreme storms ravage several states
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Deadly US tornadoes: Theatre roof destroyed during heavy metal gig
... Around 260 people were inside The Apollo Theater, Belvidere, when the roof caved in at 19:55 local time, the local fire department said...
Rosie Jones: 'If I went on Question Time again, I'd shut Twitter down'
... She s also fronted Trip Hazard, her own travel show, appeared on Live At The Apollo and got all political on Question Time (more on that shortly), but she says people are surprised to learn she hasn t toured before...
Buzz Aldrin marries for the fourth time, aged 93
... In 1969, an estimated 600 million people witnessed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first people to walk on the moon as part of The Apollo 11 mission...
Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dies at 90
... While working as a civilian at the time, he was one of three astronauts chosen for the first manned spaceflight in The Apollo programme...
Nasa's Orion capsule makes safe return to Earth
... The Apollo 17 crew of Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent just over three days on the surface before coming home...
Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dies at 90
By Max MatzaBBC News
US astronaut Walter Cunningham , The Last surviving member of The First Nasa mission to ever broadcast live TV from orbit, has died at the Age Of 90.
Apollo 7 was an 11-day manned mission in 1968 that tested The Ability to dock and rendezvous In Space . But The Crew also won an Emmy for their broadcast.
It paved The Way for the Moon Landing by Apollo 11 less than a year later.
Nasa confirmed Cunningham's death, and said that he was " instrumental to our Moon Landing 's program success".
A Family representative said he died at a hospital in Houston on Tuesday from Natural Causes " after a full and complete life".
" We would like to express our immense pride in The Life that he lived, and our deep gratitude for The Man that he was - a patriot, an explorer, pilot, astronaut, husband, brother, and father, " the Cunningham family said in a statement shared by Nasa, the US Space Agency .
" The World has lost another true hero, and we will miss him dearly. "
Cunningham was born in Creston, Iowa, and went on to earn a masters degree in physics from the University of California in Los Angeles . While working as a civilian at The Time , he was one of three astronauts chosen for The First manned spaceflight in The Apollo programme.
As lunar module pilot for Apollo 7 , he was accompanied by Navy Captain Walter Schirra and Air Force Major Donn Eisele.
He had previously served in the US Navy and Marines and flew 54 missions in a fighter jet over Korea, retiring at the rank of colonel.
After retiring from Nasa in 1971, he became a public speaker and radio host. He also became an outspoken denier of human-caused Climate Change , despite the consensus from scientists that humans have contributed to warmer average temperatures on Earth.
In an interview for Nasa in 1999, he described his mindset during his time as an astronaut.
" I'm one of Those People that never really looked back, " He Said .
" All I remember is just kind of keeping my nose to the grindstone and wanting to do The Best I could as - I didn't realize at The Time , but that was because I always wanted to be better prepared for The Next step, " he continued.
" I've always been looking to The Future . I don't live in The Past . "
Source of news: bbc.com
