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

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.

inspirationalhistoricalawe-inspiringinformativenostalgichumbleearnesthuman-focused

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)

Trailer

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