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Countdown for blast off. X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one, fire. From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future. Adventures in which you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of astounding science fiction, presents X minus one. Tonight, the Ray Bradbury story entitled, And the…

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In the X Minus One episode And the Moon Be Still as Bright, the fourth expedition to Mars arrives after three previous missions have mysteriously disappeared. The crew, led by Captain Wilder, is eager to explore the planet, but they remain on high alert due to the fate of their predecessors. Upon landing, they are greeted by the cold Martian air and the eerie silence of a long-abandoned city, which raises immediate concerns about what might have happened to the earlier crews.

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X Minus One, Episode 0

And the Moon Be Still as Bright

Friday, April 22, 1955 · 24:00

X Minus One, Episode 0

And the Moon Be Still as Bright

Friday, April 22, 1955 · 24:00

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A crew lands on Mars, where they discover the remains of a Martian civilization that perished from chickenpox brought by previous expeditions. As tensions rise among the crew, one member grapples with the implications of their actions.

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  • 1955 — The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.

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