Geophysical association cohosted this event. Good evening. Im david ferriero. Its a thrill to welcome you here. Whether youre here in the room with us or participating through facebook or youtube. And a special welcome to our cspan audience. Im pleased you could join us for tonights Program Small steps and giant leaps how apollo 11 shaped our understanding of earth and beyond. Tonights program is presented in parer inship with the American Geophysical union. Its made possible in part by the National Archives foundation through the generous support of the boeing company. We thank them for our support. For the next four days we are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the historic flight of apollo 11 and the first moon landing. Tomorrow night, well screen the recent celebrated documentary apollo 11 draft frd newly discovered video and audio recordings here at the National Archives. Following the film, bill barry will moderate a discussion with director todd douglas miller, thomas peters
Have a special welcome to our cspan audience. Thank you for joining us for tonights program. Tonights program is presented in partnership with the physical ruling which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. We thank them for their support. For the next four days we are commemorating apollo 11 and the first moon landing. We will screen a celebrated documentary of apollo 11 from newly discovered video at the national archives. Its very moderate with todd douglas miller. Friday, july 19 we will show two films in the afternoon that started in july 20. Upstairs in the gallery be sure to see our documents through details that were necessary for success of the apollo 11 mission. The plan for the hour that they landed on the moon, pages of the new transcript and the itinerary. Those documents will be on display through august 7. To keep informed about the events another way to get more involved is to become a member of the arkansas foundation. Supports all of our education and outrea
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