Series · Documentary
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)Specials
★ 8.4 · 22 votes1 season · 6 episodesDocumentary2008
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.
- Writers
- Ed Fields
- Network
- Discovery
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- June 8, 2008
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Gary SiniseSelf - Narrator- Eugene CernanSelf
Episodes
0/31 watched- Episode 1: Freedom 728 min
- Episode 2: Friendship 7: John Glenn58 min
- Episode 3: Proud Conquest: Gemini VII and VI29 min
- Episode 4: Apollo 8 Debrief27 min
- Episode 5: The Flight of Apollo 1128 min
- Episode 6: NASA FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Four Days of Gemini 47 min
- Episode 7: Michael Collins: Astronaut4 min
- Episode 8: Joe Kosmo: Space Suit Engineer / Designer2 min
- Episode 9: Mercury Training3 min
- Episode 10: Ed White's Extravehicular Activity3 min
- Episode 11: Gemini 6 and 7 Rendezvous2 min
- Episode 12: Gemini 8 Docking with Agena1 min
- Episode 13: Gemini 9 Docking Attempt1 min
- Episode 14: NASA FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got A Problem9 min
- Episode 15: Al Bean: Astronaut3 min
- Episode 16: Gene Kranz: Flight Director5 min
- Episode 17: Apollo 8: Launch & Stage Separation Sequences2 min
- Episode 18: Apollo 8: Lunar & Earth Orbit2 min
- Episode 19: Apollo 9: LM in Earth Orbit1 min
- Episode 20: Apollo 11: Astronauts Return & Parade2 min
- Episode 21: Apollo 16: Rover Test Drive2 min
- Episode 22: Apollo 17: Night Launch1 min
- Episode 23: NASA FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Skylab: The First 40 Days8 min
- Episode 24: Shannon Lucid: Astronaut3 min
- Episode 25: James Crocker: Aerospace Engineer2 min
- Episode 26: Skylab Tour2 min
- Episode 27: Skylab Zero Gravity2 min
- Episode 28: Shuttle STS-1 Launch2 min
- Episode 29: Shuttle STS-1 Landing1 min
- Episode 30: Shuttle STS-31 Hubble Deployment1 min
- Episode 31: Shuttle STS-61 Hubble Repair1 min
