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Disc 1. Part one: Ordinary supermen -- Project Mercury -- Hazards of space -- First American in space -- Kennedy's goal -- John Glenn -- The new frontier / writer, Ed Fields ; produced and directed by Mary Crisp (2008) (48 min.); Part two: Friends & rivals -- Project Gemini -- The spacewalk -- The Gemini twins -- Rendezvous -- Surviving in space -- The final mission / writer, Ed Fields ; produced and directed by Nick Green (2008) (49 min.); Special features: Highlights from the NASA film: "Four days of Gemini 4" (4 min.); Interviews from NASA's archives: Michael Collins, astronaut (4 min.), Joe Kosmo, space suit engineer/designer (3 min.); Mission clips (10 min.). Disc 2. Part three: Landing the Eagle -- Project Apollo -- Journey to the moon -- The lunar module -- Apollo 11 -- Landing the Eagle -- A giant leap for mankind / writer, Ed Fields ; director, Richard Dale (2008) (51 min.); Part four: The explorers -- Apollo 13 -- Survival mode -- The lifeboat -- The lunar rover -- End of an era -- Skylab / writer, Ed Fields ; produced and directed by Dan Kendall (2008) (49 min.); Special features: Highlights from the NASA film: "Apollo 13: Houston, we've got a problem" (9 min.); Interviews from NASA's archives: Al Bean, astronaut (3 min.), Gene Kranz, flight director (5 min.); Mission clips (8 min.). Disc 3. Part five: The shuttle -- Columbia -- Flying in space -- Challenger -- The shuttle's return -- Deploying Hubble / writer, Ed Fields ; produced and directed by Nick Green (2008) (48 min.); Part six: A home in space -- The future of NASA -- Saving Hubble -- The space station -- Space shuttle Columbia -- Columbia's final mission -- New frontiers / writer, Ed Fields ; produced and directed by Julian Jones, Nick Green, Dan Kendall (2008) (49 min.); Special features: Highlights from the NASA film: "Skylab: The first 40 days" (8 min.); Interviews from NASA's archives: Shannon Lucid, astronaut (3 min.), James Crocker, aerospace engineer (2 <br/><br/> |
