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Share Your NASA Stories

Thanks to everyone who joined us in celebrating NASA's 50th anniversary by sharing their memories and stories of America's manned space missions. We're not taking any more calls but you can still listen to all the messages by making a selection in the topic areas below.

SPECIAL NOTICE: This landmark series has already premiered, but you can still Watch Highlights or better yet, Buy The DVD!

First Orbits and Moon Journeys
Were you watching when Neil Armstrong took that first small step? Did you happen to catch one of the Mercury, Gemini or Apollo launches? Glued to the set when Apollo 13 was fighting to stay alive? Maybe you were even on one of the capsule recovery ships.

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Engineers, Mission Control and Astronauts
If you are among one of the tens of thousands of specialists and engineers who built and maintained space vehicles, manned a console in a ground control station, or are even one of the chosen few who left Earth here's your chance to tell the rest of us what's it's like to have been a part of America's space program.

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Shuttle Stories
With over a hundred flights since 1981, America's orbital space plane has been hard at work expanding scientific frontiers and helping NASA prepare for the moon and Mars. Along the way millions have had spectacular seats for launches, landings, and breath-taking orbital views.

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