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The Apollo Program
Remembering the first Christmas in space: Here’s how it happened
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Dec 26, 2022 / 10:00 am 1968 was a turbulent year for America. As the Vietnam War raged and peaceful figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., lost their lives at assassins’ hands, cities across the United States were convulsed by riots. In the midst …
What is Christmas like in space?
by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Dec 30, 2021 / 06:00 am 1968 was a turbulent year in America. The Vietnam War was in full swing; Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy had been assassinated; and riots were breaking out across the United States, including in Washington DC. But …