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A Crucial Step to Landing on the Moon
Smithsonian Channel Pick of the Week
English - July 14, 2014 16:00 - 3 minutes - ★★★★ - 31 ratingsTV & Film wildlife monkeys jungle baboons birds goshawk photography high speed photography fish leopards Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Before Neil Armstrong could walk on the moon, astronauts Jim McDivitt, Rusty Schweickart, and David Scott had to successfully test the lunar landing module in space.