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Discovery Channel (Mini-Series 2008)

NASA unlocks their vaults and lends their footage to the Discovery Channel to form this fascinating HD series. Narrated by Gary Sinise, this collection of training videos, home movies and more detail some of the first missions to the moon.














When.We.Left.Earth.The.NASA.Missions.BONUS.E01.Freedom.7.720p.BluRay.x264-DHD

May 5, 1961, Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. pilots the Freedom 7 capsule to become the first          American in space. Covering 300 miles and lasting  just 15 minutes, this suborbital flight forever    etched Shepard's name in our collective minds.

 
When.We.Left.Earth.The.NASA.Missions.BONUS.E02.Friendship.7.John.Glenn.720p.BluRay.x264-DHD

On February 20, 1962, Astronaut John Glenn pilots the Friendship 7 and becomes the first American    to orbit the Earth. Relive launch footage from Cape Canaveral, including the exhilarating         moments of re-entry, landing and recovery.


When.We.Left.Earth.The.NASA.Missions.BONUS.E03.Proud.Quest.The.Story.of.Gemini.7.and.6.720p.BluRay.x264-DHD 

On December 15, 1965, NASA achieves a rendezvous  in Earth orbit with two piloted spacecraft.        Gemini 7, with Command Pilot Frank F. Borman II and Pilot James A. Lovell Jr., already in space    for more than 10 days, meets with Gemini 6  guided by Command Pilot Walter M. Schirra and Pilot Thomas P. Stafford. 


When.We.Left.Earth.The.NASA.Missions.BONUS.E04.Apollo.8.Debrief.720p.BluRay.x264-DHD

On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 blasts into space  aboard a Saturn V rocket with Mission Commander Borman, Command Module Pilot Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders. Their mission: to  embark on the first flight around the Moon, preparing for those who would later land on its surface.

When.We.Left.Earth.The.NASA.Missions.BONUS.E05.The.Flight.of.Apollo.11.720p.BluRay.x264-DHD

Apollo 11, with Commander Niel Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar      Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, becomes the first mission to land humans on the Moon on July 20,     1969. The daring mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal expressed in his             thrilling 1961 speech, "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."





When.We.Left.Earth.The.NASA.Missions.BONUS.E01.Freedom.7.720p.BluRay.x264-DHD

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