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>> IT’S CERTAINLY SPECIAL HERE AT THE KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY SET A GOAL OF LANDING A MAN ON THE MOON, AND THIS WAS THAT LAUN OF THAT HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT. >> LIFT-OFF, WE HAVE A LIFT OFF LIFT OFF ON APOLLO 11. >> THAT WAS THE MOMENT, 50 YEARS AGO THIS MORNING. BUT, THE MISSION STARTED WITH THE MAN HONORED HERE. IT WAS SEPTEMBER 1962 WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY CHALLENGED THE NATION TO LAND A MAN ON THE MO BY THE END OF THE DECADE. 50 YEARS AGO THIS SATURDAY, THAT CHALLENGE BECAME A REALITY. CONSIDER THIS, BY THE WAY, 125 MILLION AMERICANS TUNED IN FOR THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING LIVE. THAT WAS 94% OF THE TELEVISION VIEWING AUDIENCE. TODAY, THE JFK LIBRARY IS OFFERING A VERY SPECIAL WAY FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE THAT LAUNCH. WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW, AHEAD IN OUR NEXT HALF

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