Name: From the Earth to the Moon
Released: 1998-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Nick Searcy, Lane Smith, Tom Hanks

TV Show · History · Documentary

An inside look at the Apollo explorations that saw man go to the moon in the 1960s and early '70s. Also, how one millionaire funded his own trip to the moon.

1998 · 59m

Starring Nick Searcy, Lane Smith, Tom Hanks

EPISODE 1

Can We Do This?

NASA assemble a group of astronauts for the Gemini program to develop space-travel techniques for an eventual mission to land on the moon.

57m
EPISODE 2

Apollo One

A fire kills Apollo's first three astronauts during a prelaunch test and the ship's designers scramble to save the lunar program.

57m
EPISODE 3

We Have Cleared the Tower

A film crew document everything as the astronauts and control team make their preparations for the first manned Apollo launch.

57m
EPISODE 4

1968

NASA boldly attempt to fly men around the moon and back, while the United States suffers through traumatic events.

51m
EPISODE 5

Spider

Engineers work with NASA to design a lunar spacecraft that will put the first humans on the moon, and the Apollo 9 astronauts test the lunar module.

53m
EPISODE 6

Mare Tranquilitas

Conflicts among the crew, public scrutiny, a number of crises, and disastrous simulations threaten the Apollo 11 mission.

53m