

While other documentaries have largely painted a familiar narrative of goals set, obstacles overcome, disasters averted and missions accomplished, Chasing the Moon tells a vastly more entertaining and surprising story. The Apollo 11 moon landing on Jwas one of the most astonishing achievements in. Among those included are astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman and Bill Anders Freeman Dyson, the renowned futurist and theoretical physicist Sergei Khrushchev, the son of former Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, who played a prominent role in the Soviet space program as a rocket engineer Poppy Northcutt, the 25-year-old “mathematics whiz” who gained worldwide attention as the first woman to serve in the all-male bastion of NASA’s Mission Control and Ed Dwight, the Air Force pilot selected by the Kennedy administration to train as America’s first black astronaut. Claims the Apollo 11 mission was staged began soon after astronauts first set foot on the moon in 1969. In 1972 people used the way of sending letters through the mail but now we can. For an example if we are under attack we still have control of nuclear arms for a counter-attack.And in 1972 the first e-mail program was created by Ray Tomlinson. With no narration and using only archival footage - including a visual feast of previously lost or overlooked material - the film features new interviews with a diverse cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events. It amazing how technology grew since 1974.In the military especially technology has greatly improve.
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The three-part series recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation and PR savvy, political calculation and media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. Scheduled in conjunction with the 50 thanniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, “Chasing the Moon” is a film by Robert Stone and marks his eighth project for American Experience.Ĭhasing the Moon thoroughly reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. Its considered one of the first science fiction. This six-hour documentary series thoroughly reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort.Ĭhasing the Moon, a new six-hour documentary series about the space race, from its earliest beginnings to the monumental achievement of the first lunar landing in 1969 and beyond, airs Tuesdays, 7/16, 7/23 &, 8:00-10:00 p.m. A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la Lune) is a 1902 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. flag, ran a few simple scientific tests and spoke with President Richard Nixon (1913-94) via Houston.AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "Chasing the Moon" A Film By Robert Stone READ MORE: Apollo 11 Moon Landing Timeline: From Liftoff to SplashdownĪldrin joined him on the moon's surface 19 minutes later, and together they took photographs of the terrain, planted a U.S. As he made his way down the module's ladder, a television camera attached to the craft recorded his progress and beamed the signal back to Earth, where hundreds of millions watched in great anticipation.Īt 10:56 p.m., as Armstrong stepped off the ladder and planted his foot on the moon’s powdery surface, he spoke his famous quote, which he later contended was slightly garbled by his microphone and meant to be "that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong immediately radioed to Mission Control in Houston, Texas, a now-famous message: "The Eagle has landed."Īt 10:39 p.m., five hours ahead of the original schedule, Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar module. the craft touched down on the southwestern edge of the Sea of Tranquility.

Two hours later, the Eagle began its descent to the lunar surface, and at 4:17 p.m. The next day, at 1:46 p.m., the lunar module Eagle, manned by Armstrong and Aldrin, separated from the command module, where Collins remained. After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July 19.
