EPISODE TITLES

"AEROSPACE"
This is the complete story of space exploration form the first Redstone Rocket launch in 1953 to the tradgic last flight of Columbia.
Available for:  Foreign & Domestic Broadcast & Cable + DVD

EPISODE 101 – THE SHUTTLE - The complicated nature of machinery that makes space flight possible is examined. Shot on location at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC.

EPISODE 102 – A TIME OF APOLLO -The legacy of the Apollo missions is examined, along with a look at a remarkable NASA robot called DANTE. The show also explores NASA’s efforts at transferring technologies to civil aviation.

EPISODE 103 – THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 7 - In October 1968, NASA turned to one of its veteran astronauts, Wally Schirra, to take the Apollo Command Module on the first manned voyage of the Apollo era.

EPISODE 104 – DEBRIEF: APOLLO 8 - December 1968: Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders pilot their Apollo 8 Command Module on the first trip ever around the moon.

EPISODE 105 – APOLLO 17: ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS - This episode chronicles the last voyage of project Apollo to the moon, marking the last time humans walked on our nearest planetary neighbor.

EPISODE 106 – APOLLO 14: MISSION TO FRA MAURO - This episode chronicles the flight of Astronauts Alan Shepherd, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa.

EPISODE 107 – THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 11 - July 20, 1969, is the day the first visitors from planet Earth set foot upon the moon. Astronauts Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong made the first historic trip to another world.

EPISODE 108 – APOLLO 10, TO SORT OUT UNKNOWN - This episode features veteran Astronauts John Young, Eugene Cernan and Tom Stafford on the Apollo 10 mission, as well as a look at the X-30 mockup, a space spin-off with lifesaving applications for heart attack victims, and a trip to NASA’s planned Space Station Freedom.

EPISODE 109 – GEMINI VIII: "THIS IS HOUTSON, FLIGHT" - The sheer test piloting skills used by Neil under extreme pressure is probably the only reason Gemini 8 did not end in disaster. This show also features a look at energy sources for the future, including the moon and a look at the Greenhouse Effect on Earth.

EPISODE 110 – IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON - Apollo 15 is featured in this episode as well as the debut of the Lunar Rover.

EPISODE 111 – NOTHING SO HIDDEN - During the Apollo 16 mission, Astronauts John Young and Charley Duke drove their lunar rover around the crater Descartes. The rest of the episode studies the airplane. Shot on location at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Magnetic Flux Facility.

EPISODE 112 – FRIENDSHIP 7 - John Glenn’s flight, February 20, 1962, was rather anticlimactic when compared to today’s voyages of the Space Shuttle. This episode features a chat with Senator Glenn in his Washington office combined with historic footage of the mission.

EPISODE 113 – "HOUSTON, WE’VE GOT A PROBLEM" - The flight of Apollo 13 started as a textbook mission. The Saturn V thundered the crew perfectly on course to the moon – then the unthinkable – an apparent explosion rocked the Command Module. The show also includes a segment on Aeronautical Oddities.

EPISODE 114 – 123 – These cover unmanned missions to Mars and deep space, repairing the Hubble Space Telescope and its latest images, The Columbia Disaster, The International Space Station and much more.