When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)

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A miniseries documenting American human spaceflight, spanning from the first Mercury flights through the Gemini program to the Apollo moon landings, the Space Shuttle, and the construction of the International Space Station. It was created in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Jun 8, 2008
Network: Discovery
Studio: Dangerous Films, Discovery

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6 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Gary Sinise

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Eugene Cernan

Self

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SERIES

20081 Season60m episodes8.4

Documentary

TMDB8.4

Votes22

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: US

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Philo

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E1 · Airs Jun 8, 2008 · 48m
Ordinary Supermen
NASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. NASA and America's first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, are on a journey into the unknown. Six of the men ride into space, each launch taking NASA further forward in their quest to conquer space.
E2 · Airs Jun 8, 2008 · 49m
Friends and Rivals
Nine new astronauts arrive at NASA - their mission, to test all the procedures required to land men on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Each Gemini mission launches two men into space, leading to some of NASA's greatest moments - Ed White's spacewalk, the first orbital rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7, and Neil Armstrong's first space docking.
E3 · Airs Jun 15, 2008 · 51m
Landing the Eagle
The Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks out in the pressurized capsule of Apollo 1, resulting in the deaths of three beloved astronauts. However, NASA rebounds, launching men into deep space and landing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.
E4 · Airs Jun 15, 2008 · 49m
The Explorers
Apollo 13 puts the astronauts to the ultimate test, returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Apollo 17 sends man for the longest mission yet to the surface of the moon, but it's the last lunar mission for generations. Now, it's time for a new phase in the program. Converting an unused Saturn V rocket, NASA launches Skylab, America's first space-station.
E5 · Airs Jun 22, 2008 · 48m
The Shuttle
For its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the re-usable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel. Meanwhile, the pioneers of NASA's manned programs are leading the way into the modern era of the space-age.
E6 · Airs Jun 22, 2008 · 49m
Home In Space
One of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding of the Universe. But once it is in orbit NASA discovers a serious problem, a defective main mirror. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem in its greatest and highest profile mission since the Apollo era. It gives NASA the confidence to begin construction on the International Space Station.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jun 8, 2008
Network: Discovery
Studio: Dangerous Films, Discovery

Time to finish

6 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Gary Sinise

Self - Narrator

Eugene Cernan

Self

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