When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions (2008)
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When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions (2008)
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When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions or NASA's Greatest Missions: When We Left Earth in the UK is a Discovery Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting American human spaceflight, spanning 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. It was created in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired on June 8, 2008, and concluded on June 22. Each airing consisted of two hour-long episodes.
The miniseries was released on DVD on July 10, 2008, and was released on Blu-ray disc on August 12.
The third episode, "Landing the Eagle", was re-aired on July 20, 2009 for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It featured improved images from the moonwalk.
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Cast & Crew.
Gene Kranz
Self - Flight Director / Self / Self - Assistant Flight Director
Gary Sinise
Narrator
Richard Dale
Producer
Jim Lovell
Self / Self - Apollo 13 / Self - Apollo 8
John Halliday
Director of Photography
Eugene Cernan
Self / Self - Apollo 10 / Self - Apollo 17
Paul Jenkins
Director of Photography
Buzz Aldrin
Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 12
Rob Goldie
Director of Photography
Christopher Kraft
Self / Self - Flight Director / Self - Mission Control
Richard Lloyd
Post Production Supervisor
Neil Armstrong
Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 8
Patrick Matthews
Film Processor
Frank Borman
Self / Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7
Jody Jenkins
Additional Music
Cliff Jones
Mixing Engineer
Jay Barbree
Self - Space Correspondant
Mary Crisp
Director / Producer
Charlie Duke
Self / Self - Apollo 16 / Self - CAPCOM Apollo 11
Grace Chapman
Director
Hugh Williams
Editor
Vince Narduzzo
Colorist
Mark Gravil
Editor
REx Ellis
Archival Footage Research
Ryan Driscoll
Editor
John Stoll
Archival Footage Research
Silvia Gederberg
Archival Footage Research
Dominic Gardiner
Online Editor
Susan Phipps
Archival Footage Research
Kate Botting
Producer
Michael Cavaiola
Production Coordinator
Olivia Foster
Production Manager
John Terp
Coordinating Producer
Kris Stoever
Consulting Producer
Christine Virgin
Production Coordinator
Geordina Crawford
Production Coordinator
Dann Parry
Assistant Production Manager
Shaun Trevisick
Producer
John Ford
Executive In Charge Of Production
Tim Goodchild
Producer
Amy Kagelmacher
Assistant Production Manager
Roger Launius
Consulting Producer
Miriam Walsh
Production Assistant
Carrie Pennifer
Production Manager
Peter Parnham
Head of Production
Chris Riley
Consulting Producer
Richard Dale
Executive Producer
Michael Robins
Line Producer
Bill Howard
Executive Producer
Charlotte Farrar
Production Accountant
Peter Clarke
Music Editor
Adele Fletcher
Sound Designer
Hilary Skewes
Music Supervisor
Ben Wallfisch
Orchestrator
Tim White
Sound Recordist
Richard Todman
Supervising Music Editor
Geoff Foster
Music Sound Design and Processing
Richard Blair-Oliphant
Music Arranger
Tim Watts
Sound Recordist
Allen Green
Sound Recordist
Ed Fields
Writer
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When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (or NASA's Greatest Missions: When We Left Earth in the UK) is a 2008 Discovery Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting American human spaceflight from the first Mercury flights and the Gemini program, to the Apollo program and its Moon missions and landings, to the Space Shuttle missions and the construction of the International Space Station.
The miniseries was created in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired on June 8, and concluded on June 22. Each airing consisted of two hour-long episodes. The miniseries was then released on DVD on July 10, 2008, and released on Blu-ray disc on August 12.
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