When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions(TV show/series, 2008)

Name: When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008
Rating: 4.2

1h per episode | Genre: Documentary

Documentation in 1 season with 6 episodes

Rating: 4.2/5 (with 10 votes)

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (or NASA's Greatest Missions: When We Left Earth in the UK) is a 2008 Discovery Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting American human spaceflight from the first Mercury flights and the Gemini program, to the Apollo program and its Moon missions and landings, to the Space Shuttle missions and the construction of the International Space Station. The miniseries was created in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired on June 8, and concluded on June 22. Each airing consisted of two hour-long episodes. The miniseries was then released on DVD on July 10, 2008, and released on Blu-ray disc on August 12. ()

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When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions or NASA's Greatest Missions: When We Left Earth in the UK is a Discovery Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes 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. It first aired on June 8, 2008, and concluded on June 22. Each airing consisted of two hour-long episodes. The miniseries was released on DVD on July 10, 2008, and was released on Blu-ray disc on August 12. The third episode, "Landing the Eagle", was re-aired on July 20, 2009 for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It featured improved images from the moonwalk.

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When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions Seasons and Episodes

06/08/2008Season 1 - 6 episodes

#1 | 06/08/2008Ordinary Supermen

NASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. NASA and America's first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, are on a journey into the unknown. Six of the men ride into space, each launch taking NASA further forward in their quest to conquer space.

#2 | 06/08/2008Friends and Rivals

Nine new astronauts arrive at NASA - their mission, to test all the procedures required to land men on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Each Gemini mission launches two men into space, leading to some of NASA's greatest moments - Ed White's spacewalk, the first orbital rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7, and Neil Armstrong's first space docking.

#3 | 06/15/2008Landing the Eagle

The Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks out in the pressurized capsule of Apollo 1, resulting in the deaths of three beloved astronauts. However, NASA rebounds, launching men into deep space and landing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.

#4 | 06/15/2008The Explorers

Apollo 13 puts the astronauts to the ultimate test, returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Apollo 17 sends man for the longest mission yet to the surface of the moon, but it's the last lunar mission for generations. Now, it's time for a new phase in the program. Converting an unused Saturn V rocket, NASA launches Skylab, America's first space-station.

#5 | 06/22/2008The Shuttle

For its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the re-usable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel. Meanwhile, the pioneers of NASA's manned programs are leading the way into the modern era of the space-age.

#6 | 06/22/2008Home In Space

One of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding of the Universe. But once it is in orbit NASA discovers a serious problem, a defective main mirror. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem in its greatest and highest profile mission since the Apollo era. It gives NASA the confidence to begin construction on the International Space Station.

?Specials - 31 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:

dsc.discovery.com

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Discovery Channel, Dangerous Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 9 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Hungarian (HU), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 06/08/2008

Last episode released on: 06/22/2008

Cast: Eugene Cernan, Gary Sinise, Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Neil Armstrong, John Young, Christopher C. Kraft

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"NASA - 50 Anos de Missões Espaciais"

"NASA任务50年"

"从地球出发：NASA任务50年"

"当我们离开地球：美国国家航空航天局的太空行动"

"NASA: Nejvýznamnější mise"

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