Episode list

At the height of the Cold War the US commits to beating the Russians to the moon as a matter of utmost national importance. This Suite focuses on the creation of NASA in response and reveals key moments from Project Mercury (1958-1963), the United States' first man-in-space program and an important pre-curser to the moon landing mission.

This Suite looks at seminal moments of Project Gemini (1961 - 1966), the bridge between Project Mercury and Project Apollo. Project Gemini developed space travel technology and procedures that were instrumental in paving the way for the Apollo moon landing.

The Apollo program nearly ended before it got off the ground when three Apollo I astronauts were killed during a pre-launch test. This Suite looks at the ill-fated mission and pays tribute to Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chafee, the men who sacrificed their lives for man to walk on the moon.

Apollo 7 was the first mission in the Apollo program to carry a crew into space after the tragic accident of Apollo 1. It was a flight of many firsts: the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, the first live television broadcast from space and the first three-man American space mission.

Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the Moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve in 1968. The mission will be remembered for the breathtaking live broadcast from lunar orbit in which the crew took turns reading from the book of Genesis. This Suite looks at the mission highlights including Lunar Module Pilot William Anders reciting from the Book of Genesis.

1969 - Nine months before the end of the decade, the pressure was on to fulfil President Kennedy's challenge to put a man on the moon before the end of the year. This Suite looks at the two flights that were dress rehearsals for the moon landing.

The Apollo 11 landing seemed so smooth that Armstrong and Aldrin sounded bored reporting to Mission Control during descent. Reality was that the onboard computer was close to shutting down and autopilot was taking them to a boulder- filled crater and near certain death upon landing. Armstrong took control and found a safe spot to touch down, with only 19 seconds of fuel left. This suite takes viewers into the tense moments during the final descent to the moon.

This Suite gives viewers a look at raw, uncut footage of Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon-the triumphant completion of the moon mission set out by President Kennedy in 1961. We hear the famous first words spoken by Neil Armstrong on the moon and and the congratulatory phone call by President Nixon from the White House. We see the first footprint on the moon, the first planting of an American flag as well as the first setup of many future geological experiments.

The dust had barely settled after the crew Apollo 11 walked on the moon when NASA was at it again. This suite looks at missions 12 through to Apollo 17, where the last man stepped off the moon and has not returned since.

At the end of the last Apollo 15 moon walk, astronaut David Scott conducted Galileo's famous hammer/feather drop experiment. This seemingly benign moment had major implications. While TV cameras beamed the feed into homes around the world, Scott held out a geologic hammer and a feather and dropped them at the same time. Would they fall at the same speed? This Suite revisits those moments as Galileo's theory-upon which the missions homeward journey was based-is critically put to the test.