When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

Season

2008

8.8

TV-G

Narrated by Gary Sinise, this HD series chronicles the space age from Mercury missions to moon landings, Soyuz link-ups, and untethered spacewalks through astronauts' own footage, capturing humankind's greatest adventure.

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Episode List

S1 • E1

Mercury: Ordinary Supermen

When We Left Earth examines the history of American spaceflight starting with the X-15 rocket plane and the Mercury program.

S1 • E2

Friends and Rivals

When We Left the Earth examines the Gemini program and how it prepared the space program for the landing on the moon.

S1 • E3

Landing the Eagle

When We Left the Earth chronicles the Apollo program up until the historic Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

S1 • E4

The Explorers

When we left the Earth examines the Apollo mission after Apollo 11. It gives a special look at Apollo 13, Apollo 15, and Skylab.

S1 • E5

The Shuttle

When We Left Earth examines the Space Shuttle Program. It focuses on the first flight of the Columbia, the Challenger disaster, and the launch of the Hubble Space telescope.

S1 • E6

Home in Space

When We Left the Earth examines at the recent shuttle program focusing on the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope, the building of the ISS, and the destruction of the Columbia.