Weekly Space Hangout - Jan 24, 2018: Paul Hildebrandt's "First to the Moon"

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) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (

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Special Guest:

Paul Hildebrandt (director of the film

Fight for Space

) joins us again to discuss his newest project, a documentary which is an historical piece about the mission of Apollo 8 and it's crew, Borman, Anders, and Lovell. Titled

First to the Moon

, the film covers the biographies of each astronaut and goes on to tell the story of the Apollo 8 flight using new animations and newly found archival footage.

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Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.