New astronauts undertake a series of risky and groundbreaking earth-orbit missions.

A documentary film crew follows the final preparations for the first manned Apollo launch.

NASA takes its boldest and most controversial step--an attempt to fly men around the moon and back for the first time in history.

NASA takes its boldest and most controversial step--an attempt to fly men around the moon and back for the first time in history.

The glare of the public eye, conflicts among the crew, disastrous simulations, and a series of harrowing last-minute crises threaten the Apollo 11 astronauts' success.

A jet crash that kills one of his colleagues moves rookie Alan Bean from "forgotten astronaut" to lunar module pilot on the second moon landing.

As the deadly consequences of the Apollo 13 accident escalate, so do the tensions in the NASA press corps.

America's first man in space, Alan Shepard, is grounded with an inner ear disorder.

Geology guru Lee Silver helps Dave Scott and his Apollo 15 crew unravel the moon's mysterious origins by teaching them to become his lunar surrogates.

America's first man in space, Alan Shepard, is grounded with an inner ear disorder.

The bittersweet end of the Apollo program is juxtaposed with a light-hearted recreation of a 1902 film.