When We Left the Earth: The NASA Missions 4 DVD Includes:

• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Landing the Eagle (2008)
• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: The Explorers (2008)
• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Home in Space (2008)
• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: The Shuttle (2008)
• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Friends and Rivals (2008)
• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Ordinary Superman (2008)

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Landing the Eagle
The Discovery Channel's cutting-edge documentary miniseries When We Left Earth systematically (and chronologically) weaves the tale of the American Space Race, from the immediate post-WWII years into the early 20th century. The tertiary episode of this series, "Landing the Eagle," spans the years 1966-1969; it commences on a heart-rending note, with one of NASA's earliest disasters - the fire that immolated the pressurized Apollo 1 capsule, ending the lives of Virgil "Gus" Grissom and two other men - and then waxes triumphant by moving into such seminal events as the Saturn V rocket launch and the famous moonwalk by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: The Explorers
The Discovery Channel's cutting-edge documentary miniseries When We Left Earth systematically (and chronologically) weaves the tale of the American Space Race, from the immediate post-WWII years into the early 20th century. The fourth episode of this series, "The Explorers," continues where the prior Apollo-themed installment left off, by visiting a crisis that nearly befell the space program in April 1970. In that now-famous series of events (later immortalized by Ron Howard's 1995 film), a series of astronauts including Fred Haise, Jim Lovell and Jack Swiegert found themselves trapped in a damaged Apollo spacecraft, faced with the slim prospect of returning the vehicle to Earth. The episode touches on their heroic success, then moves ahead into a discussion of additional moon missions during the early 1970s, and the launch and repair of Skylab, which required a never-before-done repair outside of the spacecraft in mid-orbit. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Home in Space
The Discovery Channel's cutting-edge documentary miniseries When We Left Earth systematically (and chronologically) weaves the tale of the American Space Race, from the immediate post-WWII years into the early 20th century. Whereas episode five culminated with the Challenger disaster of January 1986, and discussed the impact it had on successive space travel, the final installment, "Home in Space," moves into the 1990s and beyond, with onscreen discussions of the Hubble telescope and its 1993 repair, the construction of the International Space Station (which commenced in 1998), the Columbia shuttle disaster of 2003, and speculations on what lies ahead in the 21st century. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: The Shuttle
The Discovery Channel's cutting-edge documentary miniseries When We Left Earth systematically (and chronologically) weaves the tale of the American Space Race, from the immediate post-WWII years into the early 20th century. The fifth and pentultimate episode of this series, "The Shuttle," explores the construction and launch of the era-defining NASA Space Shuttle. Built and utilized as the result of the need for a bigger cargo bay, its initial mission, STS-1, took place on April 12, 1981, piloted by veteran test pilot-turned-astronaut John Young. This program covers STS-1, its follow-up mission (STS-5, in November 1982), and - ultimately - the calamitous Challenger disaster of January 1986, in which seven crewmembers perished. The episode touches on the changes that went into effect when this proverbial blitz bomb hit. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Friends and Rivals
The Discovery Channel's cutting-edge documentary miniseries When We Left Earth systematically (and chronologically) weaves the tale of the American Space Race, from the immediate post-WWII years into the early 20th century. The second episode of this series, "The NASA Missions: Friends and Rivals," moves ahead from the 1950s into the days of the Gemini program during the mid-1960s - a program designed to devise and implement new methods for advanced space travel. These missions also coincided with the arrival of a new generation of astronauts, required to test the methods necessary to ultimately land on the moon - and then return to Earth alive and unscathed. This episode includes footage of such iconic events as astronaut Ed White's spacewalk, and the premier orbits of Gemini 6 and 7. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Ordinary Superman
The Discovery Channel's cutting-edge documentary miniseries When We Left Earth systematically (and chronologically) weaves the tale of the American Space Race, from the immediate post-WWII years into the early 20th century. The first episode in this series, entitled "Ordinary Superman," travels back to the selection of the first seven astronauts - test pilots, chosen to sit atop a converted ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) throughout a launch - despite the widespread knowledge that no man had ever survived such circumstances up through that time. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

When We Left Earth Version Details:

• Languages/Sound: English
• Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle Languages:
  • English
  • Spanish
• Additional Features:
  • NASA Films
  • NASA Film Highlights
  • Interviews
  • Mission Clips
• Catalog number 4482
• UPC Code: 014381448221
• Discs 4
• Release Date Sep 30, 2008
• Rating Not Rated
• Also Known As Discovery Channel - When We Left Earth - The Nasa Missions
• Running Time 430 Minutes
• Additional Info:
  • Widescreen Movie
  • Details Color
  • 4-Disc Set