When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions
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First Air DateJun 08, 2008
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ProductionDangerous Films, Discovery Channel
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Rotten tomato83.33%
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Original titleWhen We Left Earth : The NASA Missions
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ReleaseJun 08, 2008
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When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions or NASA's Greatest Missions: When We Left Earth in the UK is a Discovery Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting American human spaceflight, spanning from the first Mercury flights through the Gemini program to the Apollo moon landings, the Space Shuttle, and the construction of the International Space Station. It was created in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired on June 8, 2008, and concluded on June 22. Each airing consisted of two hour-long episodes. The miniseries was released on DVD on July 10, 2008, and was released on Blu-ray disc on August 12. The third episode, "Landing the Eagle", was re-aired on July 20, 2009 for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It featured improved images from the moonwalk.
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Casts
Specials ( )
Freedom 7
Friendship 7: John Glenn
Proud Conquest: Gemini VII and VI
Apollo 8 Debrief
The Flight of Apollo 11
NASA FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Four Days of Gemini 4
Michael Collins: Astronaut
Joe Kosmo: Space Suit Engineer / Designer
Mercury Training
Ed White's Extravehicular Activity
Gemini 6 and 7 Rendezvous
Gemini 8 Docking with Agena
Gemini 9 Docking Attempt
NASA FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got A Problem
Al Bean: Astronaut
Gene Kranz: Flight Director
Apollo 8: Launch & Stage Separation Sequences
Apollo 8: Lunar & Earth Orbit
Apollo 9: LM in Earth Orbit
Apollo 11: Astronauts Return & Parade
Apollo 16: Rover Test Drive
Apollo 17: Night Launch
NASA FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Skylab: The First 40 Days
Shannon Lucid: Astronaut
James Crocker: Aerospace Engineer
Skylab Tour
Skylab Zero Gravity
Shuttle STS-1 Launch
Shuttle STS-1 Landing
Shuttle STS-31 Hubble Deployment
Shuttle STS-61 Hubble Repair
Season 1 ( 2008-06-08)
Ordinary Supermen
Friends and Rivals
Landing the Eagle
The Explorers
The Shuttle
Home In Space
