Name: STEM Nola's rocket day celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary in City Park
Uploaded: 7/20/2019 11:18:48 PM
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Description: "What they're doing here with the children is they're talking about Apollo 11 and where we were 50 years ago putting the first man on the moon. They're talking about the new Space Launch System or, what we call SLS, that is being built here in Louisiana," said Boeing spokeswoman Jennifer Boland-Masterson.

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