From the Earth to the Moon

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 12

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

Episodes(12)

1. Can We Do This?

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.

Air Date : 1998-04-05

2. Apollo 1

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.

Air Date : 1998-04-05

3. We Have Cleared the Tower

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.

Air Date : 1998-04-12

4. 1968

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.

Air Date : 1998-04-12

5. Spider

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.

Air Date : 1998-04-19

6. Mare Tranquilitatis

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.

Air Date : 1998-04-19

7. That's All There Is

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.

Air Date : 1998-04-26

8. We Interrupt This Program

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.

Air Date : 1998-04-26

9. For Miles and Miles

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.

Air Date : 1998-05-03

10. Galileo Was Right

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.

Air Date : 1998-05-03

11. The Original Wives' Club

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.

Air Date : 1998-05-10

12. Le Voyage dans la Lune

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.”

Air Date : 1998-05-10

Cast

David Clennon

(Lee Silver)

Tom Hanks

(Jean-Luc Despont)

Nick Searcy

(Deke Slayton)

Lane Smith

(Emmett Seaborn)

David Andrews

(Frank Borman)

Daniel Hugh Kelly

(Gene Cernan)

Stephen Root

(Chris Kraft)

David Clyde Carr

(Gerry Griffin)

Tim Daly

(Jim Lovell)

Steve Hofvendahl

(Tom Stafford)

Brett Cullen

(Dave Scott)

Cary Elwes

(Michael Collins)

Holmes Osborne

(George Low)

Rita Wilson

(Susan Borman)

John Posey

(John Young)

Conor O'Farrell

(James McDivitt)

Ben Marley

(Roger Chaffee)

Tom Verica

(Dick Gordon)

Tom Amandes

(Jack Schmitt)

Dann Florek

(Robert Seamans)

Norbert Weisser

(Wernher Von Braun)

Sam Anderson

(Thomas Paine)

Clint Howard

(Paul Lucas)

Dan Butler

(Gene Kranz)

George Newbern

(Stu Roosa)

Jo Anderson

(Pat White)

Ann Cusack

(Jan Armstrong)

Tim Parati

(Blaisdell)

Dan Lauria

(James Webb)

Mark Rolston

(Gus Grissom)

Chris Isaak

(Ed White)

John Carroll Lynch

(Bob Gilruth)

Tony Goldwyn

(Neil Armstrong)

Ted Levine

(Alan Shepard)

Fredric Lehne

(Walt Cunningham)

John Mese

(Donn Eisele)

Robert John Burke

(Bill Anders)

Kieran Mulroney

(Rusty Schweickart)

Bryan Cranston

(Buzz Aldrin)

John Slattery

(Walter Mondale)

Mason Adams

(Clinton Anderson)

Mark Harmon

(Wally Schirra)

Tchéky Karyo

(George Melies)

Steve Zahn

(Elliot See)

Peter Scolari

(Pete Conrad)

Kevin Pollak

(Joe Shea)

James Rebhorn

(Harrison Storms)

Rhoda Griffis

(Martha Chaffee)

Ronny Cox

(Lee Atwood)

Dan Bright

(Mondale's Assistant)

Tommy Canary

(Simpkinson)

Bill Cordell

(pyro technician)

J. Michael Hunter

(Skip Chauvin)

J. Don Ferguson

(Senator Stephen Young)

Ru Flynn

(Storms' Secretary)

Don Fowler

(Harrison Storms Jr.)

Tom Kouchalakos

(technician)

Mitchell Laurance

(Bud Mahurin)

David Lenthall

(Sam Benningfield)

Dakin Matthews

(Dr. Floyd Thompson)

Robby Preddy

(Phyllis Storms)

Kevin Rainsberger

(Dr. Berry)

Frank Silva

(Levine)

Joe Spano

(George Mueller)

Arthur Taxier

(Dr. Robert Van Dolah)

Peter Horton

(documentary director)

Max Wright

(Günter Wendt)

Krista Adair

(Jo Schirra)

Ann Magnuson

(Dee O'Hara)

Keith Graham

(Skip Chauvin)

Brandon Smith

(John Healey)

Joshua Malina

(Tim Messick)

Lowell Fenner

(Russ Lawrence)

Philip Nolen

(bonehead)

Matt Craven

(Tom Kelly)

Alan Ruck

(Tom Dolan)

Mark Lainer

(Doubting Engineer)

Grant Shaud

(Bob Carbee)

Reed Birney

(John Houbolt)

David Brisbin

(Allyn B. Hazard)

Daniel Hagen

(Honeycutt)

Diana Scarwid

(Joan Aldrin)

Betsy Brantley

(Jan Armstrong)

Dave Foley

(Alan Bean)

Paul McCrane

(Pete Conrad)

Jim Leavy

(C.C. Williams)

Geoffrey Nauffts

(Ed Gibson)

Jay Mohr

(Brett Hutchins)

John M. Jackson

(Hal Deacon)

David Kaufman

(David Gibson)

Michael Laskin

(Larry Thompson)

Ethan Phillips

(Stanley Craig)

John Rothman

(Warren Moburg)

Dylan Baker

(Bruce McCoy)

Adam Baldwin

(Fred Haise)

Gary Cole

(Ed Mitchell)

Jerry Hardin

(Ben Taylor)

Chris Hogan

(Don Eyles)

Andrew Masset

(Dr. House)

Harve Presnell

(Harve)

Andrew Rubin

(Jules Bergman)

John Aylward

(Dr. Ray Pemberton)

Michael Raynor

(Al Worden)

Isa Totah

(Farouk El-Baz)

Gareth Williams

(Jim Irwin)

Doug McKeon

(Joe Allen)

Sally Field

(Trudy Cooper)

Elizabeth Perkins

(Marilyn Lovell)

JoBeth Williams

(Marge Slayton)

Wendy Crewson

(Faye Stafford)

J. Downing

(Charlie Duke)

R. Keith Harris

(Charlie)

John Michael Higgins

(Master of Ceremonies)

Zeljko Ivanek

(Ken Mattingly)

Delane Matthews

(Pat McDivitt)

Deirdre O'Connell

(Barbara Young)

Debra Jo Rupp

(Marilyn See)

Cynthia Stevenson

(Jane Conrad)

Robert C. Treveiler

(L. Gordon Cooper)

Blythe Danner

(narrator)

Elizabeth Morehead

(Tracy Cernan)

Bart Braverman

(Older Sahjid)

George Kapetan

(Ed Frendel)

Chris Ellis

(Bob Parker)

Al Franken

(Jerome Weisner)

Jack Gilpin

(Ted Sorenson)

George Bartenieff

(Hugh Dryden)

Tom Nowicki

(David Bell)

Jim Piddock

(John Hodge)

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Reviews (1)

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