• 2008
  • TV-G
  • 48m
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

Summary Narrated by Gary Sinise, this HD series chronicles the space age from Mercury missions to moon landings, Soyuz link-ups, and untethered spacewalks through astronauts' own footage, capturing humankind's greatest adventure. View more details

  • 2008
  • TV-G
  • 48m

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Gary Sinise Jim Lovell Eugene Cernan Gene Kranz

All cast & crew

8.8

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jun 7, 2008

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Discovery Channel Dangerous Films

Summary Narrated by Gary Sinise, this HD series chronicles the space age from Mercury missions to moon landings, Soyuz link-ups, and untethered spacewalks through astronauts' own footage, capturing humankind's greatest adventure. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jun 7, 2008

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Discovery Channel Dangerous Films

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 07, 2008
Mercury: Ordinary Supermen
When We Left Earth examines the history of American spaceflight starting with the X-15 rocket plane and the Mercury program.
Episode 2 • Jun 07, 2008
Friends and Rivals
When We Left the Earth examines the Gemini program and how it prepared the space program for the landing on the moon.
Episode 3 • Jun 14, 2008
Landing the Eagle
When We Left the Earth chronicles the Apollo program up until the historic Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
Episode 4 • Jun 14, 2008
The Explorers
When we left the Earth examines the Apollo mission after Apollo 11. It gives a special look at Apollo 13, Apollo 15, and Skylab.
Episode 5 • Jun 21, 2008
The Shuttle
When We Left Earth examines the Space Shuttle Program. It focuses on the first flight of the Columbia, the Challenger disaster, and the launch of the Hubble Space telescope.
Episode 6 • Jun 21, 2008
Home in Space
When We Left the Earth examines at the recent shuttle program focusing on the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope, the building of the ISS, and the destruction of the Columbia.
Episode 7 • Jul 19, 2009
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