Space (1985)

Directed by

Lee Philips

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows the fictional Senator Norman Grant and tells a story of the American space program from its early days. It covers key events and people involved in the United States effort to explore space.

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What happens

Space (also known as James A. Michener's Space) is a 1985 American television miniseries starring James Garner as Sen. Norman Grant. It is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by James A. Michener that aired on CBS. Like the novel, the miniseries is a fictionalised history of the United States space program. Space won an Emmy Award, for film sound mixing. It originally aired from April 14 through 18, 1985, and consisted of five parts running a total of 13 hours. In subsequent showings, it was cut to nine hours. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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