From the Earth to the Moon

NASA assembles a group of astronauts for the Gemini program; the astronauts prepare by orbiting Earth.

The tragic death of Apollo's first three astronauts during a pre-launch test haunts the spacecraft's designers, as they struggle to come to terms with what happened, and find a way to save the moon program.

A documentary film crew follows the final preparations for the first manned Apollo launch. Now behind schedule due to the Apollo 1 fire, astronauts and launch pad personnel bet their lives - and America's space future - on its success.

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

Engineers work with NASA and the Apollo 9 astronauts in designing and building a lunar spacecraft that will put the first humans on the moon.

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 at pulling off NASA's crowning achievement - the first lunar landing.