The legacy of the Apollo missions is examined, along with a look at a remarkable NASA robot called DANTE. The show also explores NASA's efforts at transferring technologies to civil aviation. Shot on location at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC.
The complicated nature of machinery that makes space flight possible is examined. Segments break the systems down in the Space Shuttle Main Engine, the Solid Rocket Boosters and the large external tank. Shot on location at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC.
John Glenn's flight, February 20, 1962, was rather undramatic when compared to today's voyages of the Space Shuttle. This episode features a chat with Senator Glenn in his Washington office combined with historic footage of the mission.
The shear test-piloting skills used by Neil Armstrong under extreme pressure is probably the only reason Gemini 8 did not end in disaster. This show also features a look at an energy source for the future: the Moon, as well as a look at the Greenhouse Effect on Earth.
In October 1968, NASA turned to one of its veteran astronauts, Wally Schirra, to take the Apollo Command Module on the first manned voyage of the Apollo era. Shot on location at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC.
December 1968: Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders pilot their Äpollo 8 Command Module on the first ever trip around the Moon. This episode also looks at studies of the ice flows of the frozen mass of Greenland.
This episode features veteran Astronauts John Young, Eugene Cernan and Tom Stafford, on the Apollo 10 mission as well as a look at the X-30 mockup, a space spin-off with livesaving applications for heart attack victims, and a trip to NASAs planned Space Station Freedom.
July 20, 1969, that's the day the first visitors from planet Earth set foot upon the Moon. Astronauts Edwin, Buzz, Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong made the first historic trip to another world. This episode also features a trip into space during the first flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Shot on location at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Centre.
The flight of Apollo 13 started as a textbook mission. The Saturn V thundered the crew perfectly on course to the Moon, then the unthinkable, an apparent explosion rocked the Command Module. Shot on location at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre's Magnetic Flux Facility.
This episode chronicles the flight of Astronauts Alan Shepherd, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa. The show also includes a segment with an animated character, 'Andy Astronaut', in which he shows us how NASA designed the space suit used on the lunar surface.
A documentary of the flight of Apollo 15. Details the launch, lunar landing, and return to Earth of the spacecraft and crew.
During the Apollo 16 mission, Astronauts John Young and Charley Duke drove their lunar rover around the crater Descartes. The rest of the episode studies the airplane. Shot on location at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre's Magnetic Flux Facility.
This episode chronicles the last voyage of project Apollo to the Moon, marking the last time humans walked on our nearest planetary neighbour. Also features a look at the highly successful experimental X-15 research project.