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Bianculli: "the wonder years" was a guy in modern times looking back on his childhood. that in itself is not new, but "the wonder years" did it with a wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young cast. hey, steve. it looks like my baby brother and his girlfriend have found each other. [ chuckles ] shes not my girlfriend. kevin arnold has to cope with all the timeless problems of growing up during one of the most turbulent times that we ha...

Arnold: 1968, the summer before junior high school. and i dont mind saying i was a pretty fair little athlete. bianculli: "the wonder years" was a guy in modern times looking back on his childhood. that in itself is not new, but "the wonder years" did it with a wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young cast. hey, steve. it looks like my baby brother and his girlfriend have found each other. [ chuckles ] shes not my girlfriend. kevin ar...

>> kevin arnold is just like a regular kid except in the 1960s. and hes not really aware of many of the events. like in one of the episodes, the whole familys watching the apollo 8 take off. but im just sitting there trying to call a girl. >> the first episode of "the wonder years," anybody who saw it remembers the ending where, you know -- the first kiss with winnie and kevin arnold. the song that they play is "when a man loves a woman." that moment seemed so pure and so real. >> when a man lov...

Testing the life support systems. its the first time theyll have been used. the astronauts will then spend four days travelling to the moon, flying far beyond it, before heading back for a splashdown in the pacific ocean. the whole trip will take about ten days. from the crew of apollo 8, a merry christmas. l and god bless all of i you on the good earth. the apollo 8 crew were the first people to see an earthrise as it appeared above the barren lunar surface. now, this next generation will get t...

In modern times looking back on his childhood. that in itself is not new, but "the wonder years" did it with a wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young cast. >> hey, steve -- it looks like my baby brother and his girlfriend have found each other. >> shes not my girlfriend. >> kevin arnold has to cope with all the timeless problems of growing up during one of the most turbulent times that we have known. >> kevin arnold is just like a r...

This iconic photograph of Earth was taken from lunar orbit on this day in 1968, during the first crewed voyage to orbit the Moon. Sign up to receive This Happened straight to your inbox each day!

Assassination and riot, chaos, the astronauts of apollo 8 circled the moon and spoke to us here on earth, through the silence of space, on a silent night on christmas eve. they read the story of "christmas creation" from kings james bible in the beginning got created heaven and earth and god said, let there be light. and that light is still with us, illuminated americans and citizens of the world. a light in the beginning lit bethlehem. a light that shines still today, in our own time, our own l...

Humans back to space and the moon soon. joining us now with more insight into this mission is retired nasa astronaut, leroy chow. so leroy, today is for celebrating. what does the next stage of work look like? we always want to look ahead? >> absolutely. so, this flight test looked like it went very well. there were a few small glitches with the power systems, the antennas, and the star trackers a little bit. but by and large, everything looked like it went extremely well. probably the next step...

1968, the summer before junior high school, and i dont mind saying i was a pretty fair little athlete. >> "the wonder years" was a guy in modern times looking back on his childhood. that in itself is not new, but "the wonder years" did it with a wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young cast. >> hey, steve -- it looks like my baby brother and his girlfriend have found each other. >> shes not my girlfriend. >> kevin arnold has to cope w...

Wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young cast. >> hey, steve. it looks like my baby brother and his girlfriend have found each other. >> shes not my girlfriend. >> kevin arnold has to cope with all the timeless problems of growing up during one of the most turbulent times that we have known. >> kevin arnold is just like a regular kid except in the 1960s. and hes not really aware of many of the events. like in one of the episodes, the ...