Rocket Men - Man's first journey to the Moon

From Nine To Noon, 10:07 am on 27 August 2018

Fifty years ago, in December 1968, the US launched its Apollo 8 mission to the Moon. Commander Frank Borman, command module pilot James Lovell, and lunar module pilot Bill Anders flew  230,000 miles out into space, orbited the Moon ten times and returned home.

Kathryn Ryan talks to American author Robert Kurson whose new book, 'Rocket Men' tells the compelling narrative behind man's first  journey to the moon.

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