S1 Ep 1 - Caught On Camera
Countdown To Apollo
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22m
This episode captures Apollo’s most amazing video and audio moments caught on camera including: the famous John F. Kennedy speech at Rice University where he inspires the nation to reach the moon; Kennedy’s never-before- heard private audio in which he voices his doubts about sending a man to the moon; and the first spectacular pictures of Earth ever taken from the moon.
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S1 Ep 2 - Space Race Firsts
This episode features the important “firsts” of the Apollo program. From the first satellite launched by the Soviets called Sputnick; to the first man who flew in space named Yuri Gagarin; the first spacewalk to the first live broadcast in space, many of the monumental achievements of the space r...
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S1 Ep 3 - Decisions, Decisions
This episode chronicles several of the major decisions that define the Apollo mission including: the decision to use a lunar module that detached from the command module rather than one giant spaceship landing on the moon; the decision to have Neil Armstrong be the “first man,” and the controvers...
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S1 Ep 4 - Amiable Strangers
Three very different, uniquely talented men came together to form the crew of Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong, the skilled pilot, Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut with a PhD, and Mike Collins, the well-liked pilot of the command module. This episode looks at all three men, not only in their professional capa...
