Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
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Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon. 

One Giant Leap

Series: How We Saw It
From: WHRV
Length: 00:54:03

This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed to its success in ways large and small. Read the full description.
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Participants include:

 Gene Kranz, Apollo Flight Director at NASA, famously portrayed by Ed Harris in the film Apollo 13

Sergei Khrushchev, son of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, a former engineer in the Soviet space program who is now an American citizen and a professor at Brown University

Tom Hanks, producer of the HBO Miniseries From the Earth to the Moon

John Hirasaki, Apollo 11 Landing and Recovery

Gene Edmunds, NASA photographer

John Young, Commander of Apollo 16

Jim Head, Apollo geologist

John Casani, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena since 1956

Dr. Firouz Naderi, Associate Director, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena

7 listeners who recall the impact the event had on their lives

 

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Participants include:

 Gene Kranz, Apollo Flight Director at NASA, famously portrayed by Ed Harris in the film Apollo 13

Sergei Khrushchev, son of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, a former engineer in the Soviet space program who is now an American citizen and a professor at Brown University

Tom Hanks, producer of the HBO Miniseries From the Earth to the Moon

John Hirasaki, Apollo 11 Landing and Recovery

Gene Edmunds, NASA photographer

John Young, Commander of Apollo 16

Jim Head, Apollo geologist

John Casani, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena since 1956

Dr. Firouz Naderi, Associate Director, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena

7 listeners who recall the impact the event had on their lives

 

Broadcast History

WHRV 89.5 FM

Additional Credits

Bill Rogers, Camille Dixon, Chris Potter, Joe Alfuso, Wayne Todd

Related Website

http://www.howwesawit.com/

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