This special anniversary 2 DVD set, Man on the Moon, commemorates 40 years of space exploration by America’s NASA astronauts, from the first Mercury missions that successfully launched John Glenn into orbit, to the moon landing, Skylab, the shuttle and beyond. Man on the Moon is an opportunity to relive some of Man’s greatest achievements.

Disc 1:

Man on the Moon features real-time reporting by Walter Cronkite and CBS News as NASA reached into space to put a man on the moon. from pre-launch preparations to lift off and the culminating achievement of Neil Armstrong and Edwin ’Buzz’ Aldrin landing on the Sea of Tranquilty, Cronkite and his team give you a front-row seat to history. The Apollo program went on to several more moon landings, but none was more dramatic than the Apollo 13 mission. The words "Houston we have a problem..." have become part of the language since an explosion onboard the Lunar Command Module rocketed the astromauts 200,000 miles into space. Again, Wlater Cronkite is there, as ground control and the astronauts struggle heroically and successfully to return the craft to safety.

Cronkite and his team also narrate the first launch of the space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in 1981, beginning another chapter in America’s exploration of space.

EPISODES:

Man on the Moon
"Houston, We’ve Got a Problem"
The Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine
Extra Feature: The recovery of the Apollo 14 Command Module is recounted by an eyewitness to the event.

Disc 2:

Part 2 of Man on the Moon brings you official NASA programs detailing America’s Space progeam. First, "Twenty Five years of Progress" recalls NASA’s early years, as the space agency developed the programs and rocketry that would propel man to the stars.

Next, NASA’s production "The Moon-A Goal" takes you inside the Space Center, and gives you a first hand look at the men and women who made the Mercury and Apollo missions possible.

Also included is, "The Eagle has Landed," an inside look at the Apollo Missions, and "Time of Apollo," another look at the lunar landing, narrated by Burgress meredith, and the celebration at Houston’s Astrodome to wlecome and honor America’s aastronauts home.

EPISODES:

Twenty Five Years of Progress:
Part 1 - "The Birth of NASA" - Part 2 - "The Moon - A Goal"
"The Eagel Has Landed"
"Time of Apollo"
Extra Feature: The celebration at Houston’s Astrodome to welcome and honor America’s astronauts home.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 7 Augusti, 2009