apollo project

Through dramatization, this series relates the story of the conquest of the moon by the Americans, from the Mercury and Gemini projects to the legendary Apollo missions.

Describes the flight of the "Eagle" to the moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's walk on the surface, and presents facts about space flight.

Explores the events leading to the 1969 moon walk including the early history of rocketry, the 1967 Apollo 1 disaster, and the space race with the Soviet Union.

Presents photographs selected by twenty-one astronauts from their space flights during the Apollo missions, along with captions from the astronauts and other iconic photographs; and features a foreword on space exploration from Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy.

Relates events of the April, 1970, flight of Apollo 13, the third mission to the Moon, which was aborted after an explosion critically damaged the command module and nearly claimed the lives of the three astronauts aboard.

An exploration of the first lunar landing that provides information and commentary as well as photographs, illustrations, and a DVD with archival footage.

Commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing through replicas of newspaper clippings, illustrations, photographs, stickers, mission patches, and other memorabilia.

A moment-by-moment re-creation of the first space flight to the moon, culminating in Neil Armstrong's step onto its surface.

An illustrated examination of the effects disasters have had on NASA and on attitudes toward American space exploration, discussing the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger explosion in detail.

Discusses Armstrong's walk on the moon and what it has done to help the exploration of space and the moon.