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Ticket to the Moon

Ticket to the Moon

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Ticket to the Moon

2019

1h 7m

6.0(3 votes)

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Overview

A few years before the first manned flight to the moon, Pan Am began selling tickets there. 100,000 people joined the club of the first space travelers. Why did they want to leave Earth and what did they hope to find on the moon?

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Česká televize

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Directed by: Veronika Janatková
Written by: Veronika Janatková
Till Steinmetz
Produced by: Veronika Janatková
Stefan Kloos

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