First to the Moon: The Journey of Apollo 8 (2018)
- Original title
- First to the Moon
- Directed by
- Paul Hildebrandt
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows the Apollo 8 mission, the first human spaceflight to leave Earth's orbit and circle the Moon. It shows the astronauts and the people behind the scenes who made the journey possible.
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What happens
First to the Moon: The Story of Apollo 8 is a 2018 documentary film about the second crewed spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, which launched on December 21, 1968. Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, reach the Moon, orbit it, and return safely to Earth. The film was released in December 2018 and has been screened at The Explorers Club in New York City, the Kansas Cosmosphere, and Arizona State University. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Space Next (2015)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.