From the Earth to the Moon

Season 1

TV-PG

81%

A dramatization of NASA's Apollo program: the project whose initial aim was to set foot on the Moon, and get there before the Soviets. We see its origins in the Mercury and Gemini programs and the achievements of those programs, the research, development and testing involved in the Apollo program, the main characters involved, the incidents, the progress made, the first Moon landing and the subsequent missions.

Where to Watch From the Earth to the Moon • Season 1

12 Episodes

Can We Do This?
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Can We Do This?NASA responds to John F. Kennedy's challenge of landing a man on the moon with a group of new astronauts for the Gemini Program, who work toward the eventual lunar voyage with a series of risky and groundbreaking earth-orbit missions.
Apollo 1
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Apollo 1The tragic death of Apollo's first three astronauts during a pre-launch test haunts the spacecraft's designers, as they struggle to come to terms with what happened, and find a way to save the moon program.
We Have Cleared the Tower
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We Have Cleared the TowerA documentary film crew follows the final preparations for the first manned Apollo launch. Now behind schedule due to the Apollo 1 fire, astronauts and launch pad personnel bet their lives--and America's space future--on its success.
1968
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1968NASA takes its boldest and most controversial step—an attempt to fly men around the moon and back for the first time in history—at the end of one of the most cataclysmic years of the century.
Spider
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SpiderEngineers at Grumman Aviation work with NASA and the Apollo 9 astronauts to design, build, and finally test-fly the world's first true spaceship—a “lunar module” which will hopefully land the first humans on the moon.
Mare Tranquilitatis
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Mare TranquilitatisThe glare of the public eye, conflicts among the crew, disastrous simulations, and a series of harrowing last-minute crises threaten the Apollo 11 astronauts' success at pulling off NASA's crowning achievement—the first lunar landing.
That's All There Is
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That's All There IsFour months after Apollo 11, Apollo 12 sets off for the Moon. Apollo 11's Commander is Pete Conrad and Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon. Its Lunar Module Pilot is Alan Bean on his first space flight. We experience the mission through his eyes.
We Interrupt This Program
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We Interrupt This ProgramAs the life-threatening consequences of the Apollo 13 accident escalate in real time, so do the tensions among the NASA press corps covering it. Among them, a respected, old-school TV journalist questions the confrontational methods of a younger, slicker colleague.
For Miles and Miles
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For Miles and MilesAmerica's first man in space, Alan Shepard, is grounded with an inner ear disorder. A thankless new desk job starts to look permanent, until fate—and surgery—bring him a chance to rescue the space program.
Galileo Was Right
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Galileo Was RightGeology guru Lee Silver helps Dave Scott and his Apollo 15 crew unravel the moon's mysterious origins by teaching them to become his lunar surrogates, and thus the first fully-trained “field observers” on another world.
The Original Wives' Club
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The Original Wives' ClubA group of young military wives struggle with their new “jobs” handling both the national spotlight and a demanding home front. Meanwhile, their astronaut husbands lose themselves in the pursuit of a national goal alternately competitive, glamorous, and deadly.
Le Voyage dans la Lune
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Le Voyage dans la LuneThe bittersweet end of the Apollo program—and the final manned journey to another planet—is juxtaposed with a light-hearted recreation of the first cinematic imagining of such an endeavor, the 1902 French silent classic “Voyage to the Moon.”