When we left Earth : the NASA missions
Title:
When we left Earth : the NASA missions
Alternate title:
NASA missions
Summary:
Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered.. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth.
Audience:
Young Adult Follett Library Resources
General Note:
Documentary.
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Originally produced for the Discovery Channel in 2008.
Contains 6 episodes from the series.
TV-PG.
Special features: Disc 1: NASA film highlights: Four days of Gemini 4; interviews from NASA's archives with Michael Collins, Joe Kosmo; Mercury/Gemini mission clips ; Disc 2: NASA film highlights: Apollo 13; Houston, we've got a problem; interviews from NASA's archives with Al Bean, Gene Krantz; Apollo mission clips ; Disc 3: NASA film highlights: Skylab: the first 40 days; interviews from NASA's archives: Shannon Lucid, James Crocker; Skylab/Shuttle/Hubble mission clips ; Disc 4: Original NASA films include Freedom 7 (May 5, 1961); Friendship 7: John Glenn (February 20, 1962) ; Proud conquest: Gemini 7 & 6 (December 15, 1965); Apollo 8 debrief (December 21, 1968); The flight of Apollo 11 (July 20, 1969).
Edition:
[Widescreen format].
Contents:
Disc 1. Episode 1: Ordinary supermen ; Episode 2: Friends and rivals -- Disc 2. Episode 3: Landing the Eagle ; Episode 4: The explorers -- Disc 3. Episode 5: The shuttle ; Episode 6: A home in space -- Disc 4: Original NASA films.
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (ca. 258 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Geographic Term:
Publisher:
Discovery Communications ; Image Entertainment,
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
[Silver Spring, MD] : Discovery Communications ; [Chatsworth, CA] : Image Entertainment, c2008.
Call Number:
DVD 629.45 WHEN