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The Power of Alignment: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing
July 22, 2019 | I-Connect007Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
The vision of man going to the Moon united the world. And fifty years ago, this feat was proven possible when the Apollo 11 successfully landed the first humans on the Moon.
Indeed, strength and success are found when vision and alignment connect.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, let’s take a look at the video below of President John F. Kennedy’s September 12, 1962 speech at Rice University.
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