Summary: It’s March 2, 1969: the Vietnam War is rages on, campus unrest is at an all-time high and America’s new agency, NASA, is racing to put a man on the moon before the year runs out. But, they’ve had a hiccup. The launch of Apollo 9, the first test of the lunar module, has been delayed after the astronauts came down with a common cold. Will this delay U.S. footprints on the moon? Stay tuned.
