One day, under secret orders, a group of us at the test pilot center were ordered to go to...
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Jim Lovell:
One day, under secret orders, a group of us at the test pilot center were ordered to go to Washington, to get a briefing. And they talked about the Atlas booster, and putting a capsule on top of that, with a man in it, to try to put a man in space. And of course at that time, the Atlas boosters were blowing up every other day down at Cape Canaveral. And it looked like a very, you know, a good way to have a short career
One day, under secret orders, a group of us at the test pilot center were ordered to go to Washington, to get a briefing. And they talked about the Atlas booster, and putting a capsule on top of that, with a man in it, to try to put a man in space. And of course at that time, the Atlas boosters were blowing up every other day down at Cape Canaveral. And it looked like a very, you know, a good way to have a short career
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Man One day under secret orders
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a group of us at the Test Pilot Center
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were ordered to go to Washington to get a briefing
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And they talked about the Atlas booster
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and putting a capsule on top of that with a man in it
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Uh to To try to put a man into space
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And of course at that time
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the Atlas boosters were blowing up every other day down at Cape Canaveral
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Movie Summary
The crew members of NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.
