From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

Ended First aired 05/Apr/1998 United States English 2 season(s) 14 episode(s)
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The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.
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Season 1 · Season 1
12 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Apr/1998
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S1E12
Le Voyage dans la Lune
Air date: 10/May/1998 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

The bittersweet end of the Apollo program—and the final manned journey to another planet—is juxtaposed with a light-hearted recreation of the first cinematic imagining of such an endeavor, the 1902 French silent classic “Voyage to the Moon.”

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The bittersweet end of the Apollo program—and the final manned journey to another planet—is juxtaposed with a light-hearted recreation of the first cinematic imagining of such an endeavor, the 1902 French silent classic “Voyage to the Moon.”

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S1E11
The Original Wives' Club
Air date: 10/May/1998 · Runtime: 58 min
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A group of young military wives struggle with their new “jobs” handling both the national spotlight and a demanding home front. Meanwhile, their astronaut husbands lose themselves in the pursuit of a national goal alternately competitive, glamorous, and deadly.

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A group of young military wives struggle with their new “jobs” handling both the national spotlight and a demanding home front. Meanwhile, their astronaut husbands lose themselves in the pursuit of a national goal alternately competitive, glamorous, and deadly.

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S1E10
Galileo Was Right
Air date: 03/May/1998 · Runtime: 56 min
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Geology guru Lee Silver helps Dave Scott and his Apollo 15 crew unravel the moon's mysterious origins by teaching them to become his lunar surrogates, and thus the first fully-trained “field observers” on another world.

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Geology guru Lee Silver helps Dave Scott and his Apollo 15 crew unravel the moon's mysterious origins by teaching them to become his lunar surrogates, and thus the first fully-trained “field observers” on another world.

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S1E9
For Miles and Miles
Air date: 03/May/1998 · Runtime: 50 min
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America's first man in space, Alan Shepard, is grounded with an inner ear disorder. A thankless new desk job starts to look permanent, until fate—and surgery—bring him a chance to rescue the space program.

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America's first man in space, Alan Shepard, is grounded with an inner ear disorder. A thankless new desk job starts to look permanent, until fate—and surgery—bring him a chance to rescue the space program.

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S1E8
We Interrupt This Program
Air date: 26/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 49 min
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As the life-threatening consequences of the Apollo 13 accident escalate in real time, so do the tensions among the NASA press corps covering it. Among them, a respected, old-school TV journalist questions the confrontational methods of a younger, slicker colleague.

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As the life-threatening consequences of the Apollo 13 accident escalate in real time, so do the tensions among the NASA press corps covering it. Among them, a respected, old-school TV journalist questions the confrontational methods of a younger, slicker colleague.

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S1E7
That's All There Is
Air date: 26/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 50 min
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From the perspective of Astronaut Alan Bean, see how he made an unexpected journey to the moon and his friendship with his Apollo 12 crew mates.

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From the perspective of Astronaut Alan Bean, see how he made an unexpected journey to the moon and his friendship with his Apollo 12 crew mates.

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S1E6
Mare Tranquilitatis
Air date: 19/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 57 min
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The glare of the public eye, conflicts among the crew, disastrous simulations, and a series of harrowing last-minute crises threaten the Apollo 11 astronauts' success at pulling off NASA's crowning achievement—the first lunar landing.

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The glare of the public eye, conflicts among the crew, disastrous simulations, and a series of harrowing last-minute crises threaten the Apollo 11 astronauts' success at pulling off NASA's crowning achievement—the first lunar landing.

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S1E5
Spider
Air date: 19/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 57 min
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Engineers at Grumman Aviation work with NASA and the Apollo 9 astronauts to design, build, and finally test-fly the world's first true spaceship—a “lunar module” which will hopefully land the first humans on the moon.

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Engineers at Grumman Aviation work with NASA and the Apollo 9 astronauts to design, build, and finally test-fly the world's first true spaceship—a “lunar module” which will hopefully land the first humans on the moon.

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S1E4
1968
Air date: 12/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 55 min
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NASA takes its boldest and most controversial step—an attempt to fly men around the moon and back for the first time in history—at the end of one of the most cataclysmic years of the century.

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NASA takes its boldest and most controversial step—an attempt to fly men around the moon and back for the first time in history—at the end of one of the most cataclysmic years of the century.

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S1E3
We Have Cleared the Tower
Air date: 12/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 60 min
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A documentary film crew follows the final preparations for the first manned Apollo launch. Now behind schedule due to the Apollo 1 fire, astronauts and launch pad personnel bet their lives--and America's space future--on its success.

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A documentary film crew follows the final preparations for the first manned Apollo launch. Now behind schedule due to the Apollo 1 fire, astronauts and launch pad personnel bet their lives--and America's space future--on its success.

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S1E2
Apollo 1
Air date: 05/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 61 min
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The tragic death of Apollo's first three astronauts during a pre-launch test haunts the spacecraft's designers, as they struggle to come to terms with what happened, and find a way to save the moon program.

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The tragic death of Apollo's first three astronauts during a pre-launch test haunts the spacecraft's designers, as they struggle to come to terms with what happened, and find a way to save the moon program.

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S1E1
Can We Do This?
Air date: 05/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 60 min
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NASA responds to John F. Kennedy's challenge of landing a man on the moon with a group of new astronauts for the Gemini Program, who work toward the eventual lunar voyage with a series of risky and groundbreaking earth-orbit missions.

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NASA responds to John F. Kennedy's challenge of landing a man on the moon with a group of new astronauts for the Gemini Program, who work toward the eventual lunar voyage with a series of risky and groundbreaking earth-orbit missions.

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Season 0 · Specials
2 episode(s) · Air date: 03/Apr/1998
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A collection of short documentaries and featurettes to introduce the behind the scenes aspects of FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.

Season Overview

A collection of short documentaries and featurettes to introduce the behind the scenes aspects of FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.

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Special Effects Featurette
Air date: 07/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 4 min
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Covers the special effects used to produce the series. Interviews with the model makers, special effects artists are included.

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Covers the special effects used to produce the series. Interviews with the model makers, special effects artists are included.

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Behind The Scenes: Making of From the Earth to the Moon
Air date: 03/Apr/1998 · Runtime: 30 min
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Details the making of "The Earth To The Moon". Interviews with cast and crew including producer Tom Hanks.

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Details the making of "The Earth To The Moon". Interviews with cast and crew including producer Tom Hanks.

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John Slattery
John Slattery
Walter Mondale
Mason Adams
Mason Adams
Clinton Anderson
Mark Harmon
Mark Harmon
Wally Schirra
Tom Amandes
Tom Amandes
Jack Schmitt
David Clyde Carr
David Clyde Carr
Gerry Griffin
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David Andrews
Frank Borman
Lane Smith
Lane Smith
Emmett Seaborn
Tim Daly
Tim Daly
Jim Lovell
Nick Searcy
Nick Searcy
Deke Slayton
Brett Cullen
Brett Cullen
Dave Scott
Cary Elwes
Cary Elwes
Michael Collins
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Gene Cernan
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
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Tchéky Karyo
Tchéky Karyo
George Melies
Steve Zahn
Steve Zahn
Elliot See
Peter Scolari
Peter Scolari
Pete Conrad
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak
Joe Shea
James Rebhorn
James Rebhorn
Harrison Storms

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Seth Reed
Seth Reed
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Aaron A. Akins Jr.
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Richard Toyon
Richard Toyon
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Michele Poulik
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Kitty Doris-Bates
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Gale Tattersall
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Debi Young
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Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko
Costume Design
Candace Neal
Candace Neal
Hairstylist
David Carson
David Carson
Director
David Frankel
David Frankel
Director
Frank Marshall
Frank Marshall
Director

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