When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

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Release Date

6/8/2008

Runtime

6 eps, 294 mins

Genres

Documentary

Overview

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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Ended

Original Language

English

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A meticulously crafted chronicle of humanity's greatest technological undertaking, told through archival footage and firsthand accounts that build from tentative early steps to triumphant lunar landings. It's both an intimate portrait of the astronauts and engineers who risked everything and a sweeping testament to what focused human effort can accomplish.