Rocket Science (2002)

Season 1

Rocket sleds scream across the New Mexico desert. Air Force pilots soar to the edge of space, and one even parachutes back, breaking the sound barrier as he does so. American astronauts prepare for their first steps into space, neck and neck with their competition in the U.S.S.R. Rocket Science is a 13 part series that details mankind's first earliest adventures in space, as told by the men and women who made it happen. Chuck Yeager, Scott Crossfield, Buzz Aldrin, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Christopher Kraft, Gene Kranz, Sy Liebergot, Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan and many others, with special commentary by Andrew Chaikin and Walter Cronkite. Narrated by Graham Greene.

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12 Episodes

  • The Rocketeers
    E1
    The RocketeersThe history of the X series of aircraft, with emphasis on the Bell X-1 and on the North American X-15 spaceplanes, and on Chuck Yeager's role in breaking the sound barrier.
  • The Last Empty Sky
    E2
    The Last Empty SkyThe development of the rocket: 1920 to 1957. The episode mentions Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Hermann Oberth, Robert Goddard, Wernher von Braun, and Sergey Korolyov as the key figures in development of multistage liquid-fueled rockets.
  • The High Ground
    E3
    The High GroundThe first artificial satellite and the first humans in space. The episode mentions Soviet Sputnik program, the R-7 rocket, the American Vanguard, Redstone and Atlas rockets and the project Mercury.
  • Mercury Rising
    E4
    Mercury RisingProject Mercury and first American astronauts.
  • Missiles to the Moon
    E5
    Missiles to the MoonJohn F. Kennedy issues the challenge. America prepares to compete with the Soviets by declaring a landing on the Moon before the end of the decade.
  • The Learning Curve
    E6
    The Learning CurveNASA invents space travel with Project Gemini, learning docking, space walking and rendezvous.
  • Go Fever
    E7
    Go FeverThe disaster of Apollo 1 puts NASA on track for the Moon. Go Fever takes over.
  • Ten Times Faster Than A Rifle Bullet
    E8
    Ten Times Faster Than A Rifle BulletThe birth of the Saturn V.
  • We Choose To Go To The Moon
    E9
    We Choose To Go To The MoonThe slow and painful birth of the first true spaceship and the Apollo 8 Christmas voyage around the Moon.
  • Before This Decade is Out
    E10
    Before This Decade is OutApollo 11 and the first steps on the Moon.
  • The Universe Strikes Back
    E11
    The Universe Strikes BackApollo 11 had been a near miss. Apollo 12 and Apollo 13 were near disasters.
  • The Last Man On The Moon
    E12
    The Last Man On The MoonThe era of the space cowboy comes to an end.

 

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