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When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

Description: Discovery Channel chronicles the first 50 years of space travel - from the first Mercury flights through the Gemini program to the Apollo moon landings, the Space Shuttle, and the construction of the International Space Station - with this dazzling six-hour documentary. The programme incorporates interviews with eyewitnesses (astronauts John Glenn and Neil Armstrong among them) and original NASA mission footage that has been transferred to high-definition clarity. Actor Gary Sinise, who portrayed astronaut Ken Mattingly in `Apollo 13', narrates.
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2008
Number of episodes: 6
First episode air date: June 8, 2008
Narrated By: Gary Sinise
Network: Discovery Channel
Nominations: News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Music & Sound
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