From the Earth to the Moon

1998
From the Earth to the Moon

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EP1 Can We Do This? Apr 05, 1998

NASA responds to John F. Kennedy's challenge of landing a man on the moon with a group of new astronauts for the Gemini Program, who work toward the eventual lunar voyage with a series of risky and groundbreaking earth-orbit missions.

EP2 Apollo 1 Apr 05, 1998

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.

EP3 We Have Cleared The Tower Apr 12, 1998

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.

EP4 1968 Apr 12, 1998

NASA takes its boldest and most controversial step—an attempt to fly men around the moon and back for the first time in history—at the end of one of the most cataclysmic years of the century.

EP5 Spider Apr 19, 1998

Engineers at Grumman Aviation work with NASA and the Apollo 9 astronauts to design, build, and finally test-fly the world's first true spaceship—a “lunar module” which will hopefully land the first humans on the moon.

EP6 Mare Tranquilitatis Apr 19, 1998

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.

EP7 That's All There Is Apr 26, 1998

From the perspective of Astronaut Alan Bean, see how he made an unexpected journey to the moon and his friendship with his Apollo 12 crew mates.

EP8 We Interrupt This Program Apr 26, 1998

As the life-threatening consequences of the Apollo 13 accident escalate in real time, so do the tensions among the NASA press corps covering it. Among them, a respected, old-school TV journalist questions the confrontational methods of a younger, slicker colleague.

EP9 For Miles And Miles May 03, 1998

America's first man in space, Alan Shepard, is grounded with an inner ear disorder. A thankless new desk job starts to look permanent, until fate—and surgery—bring him a chance to rescue the space program.

EP10 Galileo Was Right May 03, 1998

Geology guru Lee Silver helps Dave Scott and his Apollo 15 crew unravel the moon's mysterious origins by teaching them to become his lunar surrogates, and thus the first fully-trained “field observers” on another world.

EP11 The Original Wives' Club May 10, 1998

A group of young military wives struggle with their new “jobs” handling both the national spotlight and a demanding home front. Meanwhile, their astronaut husbands lose themselves in the pursuit of a national goal alternately competitive, glamorous, and deadly.

EP12 Le Voyage dans la Lune May 10, 1998

The bittersweet end of the Apollo program—and the final manned journey to another planet—is juxtaposed with a light-hearted recreation of the first cinematic imagining of such an endeavor, the 1902 French silent classic “Voyage to the Moon.”
8.6| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 05 April 1998 Ended
Producted By: Imagine Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.hbo.com/from-the-earth-to-the-moon
Synopsis

The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.

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tracyb-112-681714 Site rules make me say "Spoilers" but Good Grief, who doesn't know this story? Episodes 1-6 follow a linear storyline, more or less. From the 1st manned Mercury to Apollo 11 which traveled " from the Earth to the moon" in Episode 6. I rank those episodes 10 of 10 but there's 6 hours of TV to follow. 6 hours of Truly Boring side stories, back stories and such, or maybe they're boringly told. Do yourself a favor and stop after Episode 6. The first 6 Episodes/Hours are among the best TV I've watched. You'll laugh, you'll cry and save yourself 6 hours. Skip episodes 7-12, it's like being grounded. On a side note and coincidentally(?) Episodes 1-6 are each 56-59 minutes long while Episodes 7-12 are 49 minutes long! I don't know what this means but..... Enjoy the first 6!
Bowerbirdz I have watched this 12 episode series countless times My husband sent away to the states to buy it for my birthday We had seen it on Discovery channel in 1999 Sorry but Susan Lovell was played by Elizabeth Perkins, not the lady that is listed in the credits on this page. Check it outI absolutely love everything about this series, being a big fan of Apollo 13 & Tom Hanks This is an excellent piece of work, it is entertaining, a must for anyone interested in the space race, a nostalgic step back in time for those of us who were around the day Neil Armstrong took that famous step. The characters are brought to life by wonderful actors, I enjoyed seeing the personal side to these amazing astronauts, their families and all those you made history what it is today.
jmcleod_5 Ever since I can remember I've been fascinated with Space Travel. As a fan of Star Wars this is no surprise. I am particularly interested in the nuts and bolts or if you will, science, of flying beyond the Earth's atmosphere. I didn't know many details about the early space program other than the fact that Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I had never even heard of Apollo 13. Then sometime in the late eighties I saw a movie called The Right Stuff. That's when things changed. I started reading up on everything I could. When I found out that Ron Howard was making a movie about Apollo 13 I was very grateful to that man. Apollo 13 remains one of my favorite films and I thought a mini-series about the Apollo program would be hard pressed to top Howard's film. I was wrong. From The Earth To The Moon is the best twelve hours ever committed to television. The way every episode concentrates on one aspect of the program while still managing to keep a linear feel about it. The writing is faultless. The acting is topnotch. and even though the episodes are directed by different people they still seem to have their own stamp on it while serving the series as a whole. "Spider" is the standout episode with Matt Craven's Tom Kelly being particularly good. The Apollo 13 episode was the weakest but all I do is insert the movie in here when I watch the series. All in all an excellent job all round.
jacktodd976 "From the Earth to the Moon" reveals an American spirit that is seemingly lacking in our current leadership. The explosion of ideas and research from the space program have been seen in no other endeavor except possibly war. Instead of putting our resources into exploration of our Universe, we spend money on military exploits that will provide us with few benefits in the short or long run. When will we understand that this little planet cannot hold us all forever, and that exploration of other worlds for raw materials to improve our lives will be necessary in the near future. We will never achieve harmony with everyone on this planet, to think so is shear fantasy. We must move ahead in concert with those who believe that we must explore beyond this world and look for material benefits from those explorations. We can't wait for everyone on the planet to catch up, we need to move now. It's seemingly like the minor dilemma in buying a new digital camera, do we wait for the new technology next year, or go ahead and take the plunge and buy one now? It will never be any cheaper than it was this year, prices always seem to go up. So lets get going, we will have no problem finding those men and women who share the dream and are willing to take the risk. The question is do we have leaders who understand those dreams, the risks, and the need for man to explore and push the envelop. "We choose to go to the moon and do the other things this decade, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." JFK, Rice University Speech 1961.