Name: Moon Machines
Released: 2008-07-05T17:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

In just eight years, 400,000 people across America came together to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth. This is the story of the forgotten men and women who created the machines needed to make such a feat possible.

2008 · 44m

Director Christopher Riley

EPISODE 1

Saturn V

German rocket scientists and young American engineers work together to create the Saturn V rocket and overtake the Soviet Union in the space race.

42m
EPISODE 2

Command Module

NASA engineers build the Apollo Command Module, a pressurized compartment designed to safely house astronauts on their voyage to the moon and back.

42m
EPISODE 3

Navigation

Scientists grappled with moon navigation in the days before computer code.

41m
EPISODE 4

Lunar Module

The story of the engineers challenged with building what became affectionately called the Lunar Bug. A constant battle to meet the seemingly impossible demands of weight restrictions, the Lunar Module was one of the greatest engineering feats in history.

42m
EPISODE 5

Spacesuits

To survive outside of a spacecraft, an new space vehicle would be required - the spacesuit. Flexible enough to allow man to function, yet provide protection from the hostility of space. Two unlikely companies from the east coast took the challenge.

42m
EPISODE 6

Lunar Rover

A small group of engineers convinced NASA to build a spacecraft on wheels.

44m

Christopher Riley

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