When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

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June 2015
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Home in Space - One of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding of the Universe. But once it is in orbit, NASA discovers a serious problem, a defective main mirror that leaves Hubble short-sighted. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem, but ...
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The Shuttle - For its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the reusable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel, but somebody has to test fly it in space for the...
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The Explorers - Now that NASA has mastered the lunar round trip, they want to explore more of the moon's mysteries. With Apollo 13, they face their biggest crisis in space - returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Undaunted, NASA launches more moon missions and a new lunar rover that allows wide-ranging lunar ...
May 2015
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Landing the Eagle - The Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks out in the pressurised capsule of Apollo 1, resulting in the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. However, NASA's astronauts and engineers turn tragedy into triumph with t...
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Friends and Rivals - Forty years on from the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, this visually stunning series reveals the majesty of space like never before. In this episode, nine new astronauts arrive at NASA. Their mission? Test the procedures required to land men on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Each Gemin...
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Ordinary Supermen - Forty years on from the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, this visually stunning series reveals the majesty of space like never before. In the first episode, NASA selects seven men to become astronauts - all test pilots who are prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on t...
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