NASA's Story (2011)

Original title

The Space Age: NASA's Story

Genre

documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series tells the story of NASA from its early days through the Space Shuttle era. It covers both famous achievements and tragic accidents, using interviews with astronauts and key personnel. The show focuses on real events and people who made space exploration possible.

educationalnostalgicawe-inspiringreflectivefactualbittersweetinformativehistorical

What happens

Space Age: NASA's Story is a documentary series by Dangerous Films for the BBC to commemorate 50 years since the formation of NASA. The series looks at NASA's early history, the triumphs and disasters, notably the Apollo 1 fire, through to the Apollo Moon missions and the Space Shuttle era. The show includes various interviews with astronauts and NASA personnel such as Chris Kraft, Jon Clark, Leroy Cain, Scott Carpenter, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, both crew members of Apollo 11. The show was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Germany in June and July 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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