On April 4th, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated at a hotel in Memphis, Tenn., threatening to further strain civil unrest in America. 

On the same day, Gerry Griffin sits in the control room at NASA, struggling to guide a damaged Apollo rocket into space.

On April 4th, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated at a hotel in Memphis, Tenn., threatening to further strain civil unrest in America. On the same day, Gerry Griffin sits in the control room at NASA, struggling to guide a damaged Apollo rocket into space.

Gerry and MLK

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