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See the dramatic story of NASA's pioneering, awe-inspiring missions, commemorating the first 50 years of space exploration.
Original Release
06/08/2008 on DISC
US Release
06/08/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Gene Kranz | Self - Flight Director / Self - Assistant Flight Director / Self - Missions Operations Director / Self |
Gary Sinise | Narrator |
Jim Lovell | Self / Self - Apollo 13 / Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7 |
Eugene Cernan | Self / Self - Apollo 10 / Self - Apollo 17 / Self - Gemini 9 |
Buzz Aldrin | Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 12 |
Christopher Kraft | Self / Self - Flight Director / Self - Mission Control |
Neil Armstrong | Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 8 / Self - X-15 Test Pilot |
Frank Borman | Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7 / Self |
Jay Barbree | Self - Space Correspondant |
Charles Duke | Self - Apollo 16 / Self - CAPCOM Apollo 11 / Self |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Mercury: Ordinary Supermen | Sunday, 08 June 2008 |
2 | Friends and Rivals | Sunday, 08 June 2008 |
3 | Landing the Eagle | Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
4 | The Explorers | Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
5 | The Shuttle | Sunday, 22 June 2008 |
6 | Home in Space | Sunday, 22 June 2008 |
7 | 40th Anniversary Special | Monday, 20 July 2009 |
Directors
Mary Crisp, Nick Green, Richard Dale, Julian Jones
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gene Kranz | Self - Flight Director / Self - Assistant Flight Director / Self - Missions Operations Director / Self |
Gary Sinise | Narrator |
Jim Lovell | Self / Self - Apollo 13 / Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7 |
Eugene Cernan | Self / Self - Apollo 10 / Self - Apollo 17 / Self - Gemini 9 |
Buzz Aldrin | Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 12 |
Christopher Kraft | Self / Self - Flight Director / Self - Mission Control |
Neil Armstrong | Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 8 / Self - X-15 Test Pilot |
Frank Borman | Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7 / Self |
Jay Barbree | Self - Space Correspondant |
Charles Duke | Self - Apollo 16 / Self - CAPCOM Apollo 11 / Self |
Bruce McCandless II | Self - CAPCOM Apollo 11 / Self - Shuttle Astronaut / Self |
John Young | Self / Self - Apollo 16 / Self - Gemini 3 / Self - Shuttle Commander |
Jim McDivitt | Self - Apollo 9 / Self - Gemini 4 / Self |
Story Musgrave | Self - Shuttle Astronaut |
Glynn Lunney | Self - Flight Controller / Self - Flight Director |
Jeffrey Hoffman | Self - Shuttle Astronaut |
Ed Weiler | Self - Chief Scientist, Hubble |
Bill Anders | Self - Apollo 8 / Self |
Susan Borman | Self - Wife / Self |
Robert Gibson | Self - Shuttle Commander |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bill Howard | Executive Producer |
Richard Dale | Executive Producer |
Daniel Hall | Producer |
Petr Krenek | Producer |
Dan Parry | Producer |
Tyler Butterworth | Producer |
Michael Robins | Producer |
Tim Goodchild | Producer |
Anabelle Marshall | Producer |
Amy Kagelmacher | Producer |
John Terp | Producer |
Miriam Walsh | Producer |
Mary Crisp | Producer |
Kate Botting | Producer |
Peter Scott | Producer |
James Leigh | Producer |
Julian Jones | Producer |
Shaun Trevisick | Producer |
Dan Kendall | Producer |