
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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Air Date: 2008-06-08
NASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one ...
Air Date: 2008-06-08
Nine new astronauts arrive at NASA - their mission, to test all the procedures required to land men on the moon and b...
Air Date: 2008-06-15
The Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks...
Air Date: 2008-06-15
Apollo 13 puts the astronauts to the ultimate test, returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Apollo 17 se...
Air Date: 2008-06-22
For its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger ...
Air Date: 2008-06-22
One of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding...