A definitive, primetime guide, The Space Age: Nasa’s Story offers a fresh look at an amazing organisation and mankind’s quest to understand the universe. Blending stunningly restored footage with revealing, insightful and engaging interviews with the people who were there – the astronauts, family members and journalists – this is an epic story of the heroes, the triumphs and the tragedies of space exploration.
Starting with NASA’s beginnings in the Cold War, the BBC science series follows the iconic moments of space exploration from the race to get the first man in space to the first steps on the moon. And with triumph and achievement comes risk and disaster, as the series follows the white-knuckle suspense of Apollo 13 and the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger.
Intelligent, inspiring and accessible, The Space Age is a complete history of mankind’s journey into space.
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Born of the Cold War, NASA moves stridently from disastrous rocket tests to the glorious conclusion of the Gemini Program. We experience the massive challenges of sending a man into space and how, despite many setbacks, the astronauts proved that the key element to exploration would be human resourcefulness, in space as well as on the ground. NASA veterans describe these early missions as the hardest of all – the first, uncertain steps towards a new frontier. Building on the success of the pioneering Mercury program, Project Gemini gives NASA the experience and confidence to take the next giant leap – to land men on the Moon.
This BBC series offers a fresh look at an amazing organization and mankind’s quest to understand the universe. Blending stunningly restored footage with revealing, insightful and engaging interviews with the people who were there – the astronauts, family members and journalists – this is an epic story of the heroes, the triumphs and the tragedies of space exploration.
Starting with NASA’s beginnings in the Cold War, the series follows the iconic moments of space exploration from the race to get the first man in space to the first steps on the moon. And with triumph and achievement comes risk and disaster, as the series follows the white-knuckle suspense of Apollo 13 and the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. Intelligent, inspiring and accessible, The Space Age is a complete history of mankind’s journey into space.
