Analysis: A space launch 'saved' 1968. If only it could do the same for 2020
12:56pm PDT - May 26th, 2020 riots in america - CNNIn 1968, the pioneering Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission lifted America's morale in a bitter year of political assassinations, race and anti-war riots, the fading presidency of Lyndon Johnson and a hardening Cold War.