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. "
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... 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...
Buzz Aldrin marries for the fourth time, aged 93
The former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin has got married for The Fourth time on his 93rd birthday.
Mr Aldrin piloted The legendary Apollo 11 spaceflight in 1969, becoming one of The First Two People to walk on The moon after The Mission 's commander, Neil Armstrong .
The former pilot said that he and new wife Anca Faur were as " excited as eloping teenagers".
He is one of only three people alive to have walked on The moon.
Pictures from their Los Angeles ceremony were shared by Mr Aldrin on Twitter.
" On my 93rd birthday and The Day I will be honoured by Living Legends of Aviation I Am pleased to announce that my long-time love Dr Anca Faur and I have tied The Knot , " he tweeted.
Dr Faur, 63, who has a PhD in Chemical Engineering , is The executive Vice President of Mr Aldrin's company, Buzz Aldrin Ventures.
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. It was The largest television audience in history at The Time .
Almost overnight, Mr Aldrin became one of The Most famous names on The Planet - The ensuing months was a blur of media appearances, photo opportunities and after-dinner speeches.
" I hadn't thought that much of what would come afterward, " Mr Aldrin told The Los Angeles Times in 2001. " I was not that prepared or comfortable to be thrust into The Public eye that much. "
Before The famous Moon Landing , Mr Aldrin piloted fighter planes on US Air Force Combat Missions during The Korea war.
In 2018 he founded a non-profit Think Tank , The Human Spaceflight Institute .
Source of news: bbc.com
