
Thomas Stafford
Season 4 Episode 401 | 57m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Originally Broadcast on October 5, 2010
He wasn’t the first Oklahoman in space, but General Thomas P. Stafford of Weatherford is a trailblazer – one of the world’s great explorers. His first three spaceflights were critical to America’s goal “of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth” by the end of the 1960’s.
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Thomas Stafford
Season 4 Episode 401 | 57m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
He wasn’t the first Oklahoman in space, but General Thomas P. Stafford of Weatherford is a trailblazer – one of the world’s great explorers. His first three spaceflights were critical to America’s goal “of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth” by the end of the 1960’s.
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