Covers the fledgling organization, NASA, reaching several milestones in 1960–61. These milestones included two highly successful unmanned orbital flights, the world's first weather and passive communications satellite, and two manned suborbital flights. This video is part of the NASA at Work series produced by Lewis Research Center.
Covers the fledgling organization, NASA, reaching several milestones in 1960–61. These milestones included two highly successful unmanned orbital flights, the world's first weather and passive communications satellite, and two manned suborbital flights. This video is part of the NASA at Work series produced by Lewis Research Center.
After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when only men are selected for spaceflight.
A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones, brought in to fix NASA's public image, wreaks havoc on Apollo 11 launch director Cole Davis' already difficult task of putting a man on the moon. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup, and the countdown truly begins.
In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.
Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.