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the roots of nasa television reached

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back to the beginning of the space race

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and the launch of america's first

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astronaut in 1961.

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so all of a sudden we've got this

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challenge that we're going to have to

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work out a whole operation for the

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television networks coming up for the

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as public interest in the space program

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grew so did nasa tv's cover four three

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we have commit we have we have liftoff

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with apollo 7 the first live broadcast

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from space would wow audiences worldwide

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christmas eve 1968 the crew of apollo 8

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orbiting the moon read from the book of

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genesis

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god created the heaven and the earth

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and in 1969 as neil armstrong and buzz

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aldrin brought the eagle to a soft

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landing on the moon

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nasa television engineer richard nascar

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held his breath the tv better worker

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else and if it doesn't they really will

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know who i am because i'll be the man

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who didn't bring you television

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and we're getting a picture on the tv

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then from the moon by a nasa tv the most

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celebrated moment in the history of live

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i think that's one of the best things we

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ever we ever did in the space program

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one of the best decisions ever made

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with regard to the space program was to

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share that with the world

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for the next 40 years nasa tv would

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share evermore voyagers trip through the

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solar system it became a worldwide event

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when voyager was flying by these worlds

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and i had no idea that it would have

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that kind of an impact the awe-inspiring

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images of the hubble space telescope

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this kind of footage is a major

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wonderful major accomplishment

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and for people to be able to see this i

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think it's just absolutely exhilarating

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from the mars exploration rovers landing

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on the red planet to live coverage of

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the space shuttle and the international

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space station often from the vantage

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point of astronauts living and working

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in space

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and now

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in high definition

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you see some of those images that are

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now in hd of the inside of the space

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station and the outside of the space

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station it's just incredible live

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specials news conferences education

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programming and science updates and

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continuous news feeds providing footage

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and interviews to news organizations

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around the world the value really

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is in keeping the public informed about

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what is happening in the program it

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really is a major part in the

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advancement of technology in this

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country and today nasa is working on the

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next advancement in communications

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technology as part of its next great