When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions poster

Basic Info

First Air: June 08, 2008

Rating: ⭐ 8.4/10 (22 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Last Episode

Name: Home In Space

Season: 1, Episode: 6

Air Date: 2008-06-22

Runtime: 49 min

One of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding of the Universe. But once it is in orbit NASA discovers a serious problem, a defective main mirror. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem in its greatest and highest profile mission since the Apollo era. It gives NASA the confidence to begin construction on the International Space Station.

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

2008 1 seasons 6 episodes ⭐ 8.4/10 22 votes

Overview

A miniseries 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.