The Mission that Redefined our View of Earth (1964-1968) | Full Film | American Experience | PBS

🚀 Four dangerous, heady years in the space race. CHASING THE MOON, a film by Robert Stone, reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. Utilizing a visual feast of previously overlooked and lost archival material — much of which has never before been seen by the public — the film features a diverse cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events. Among those included are astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman and Bill Anders; Sergei Khrushchev, son of the former Soviet premier and a leading Soviet rocket engineer; Poppy Northcutt, a 25-year old “mathematics whiz” who gained worldwide attention as the first woman to serve in the all-male bastion of NASA’s Mission Control; and Ed Dwight, the Air Force pilot selected by the Kennedy administration to train as America’s first black astronaut. PART TWO: EARTHRISE covers 1964-1968, four heady, dangerous years in the history of the space race, focusing on the events surrounding the Apollo 1 and Apollo 8 missions. As Americans moved through the 60s and reflect on the challenges ahead, many begin to wonder: What exactly is it going to take to beat the Soviets to the moon? 🚀 Catch up on PART ONE here:    • The Untold Story of the Space Race (1957-1...   🌖 Watch PART THREE:    • Apollo 11: Experience the Moon Landing in ...   Official Website: https://pbs.org/chasingthemoon | #ChasingTheMoonPBS © 2019 WGBH Educational Foundation 00:00 Introduction: Lyndon Johnson and Post-Kennedy Space Policy 04:32 Russia’s Early Space Achievements and Lunar Ambitions 07:18 Selling the $24 Billion Space Race 12:17 James Webb and Convincing Congress to Fund NASA 14:26 Gemini 1: Ed White and the First American Spacewalk 21:09 Buzz Aldrin: Calculating the Physics of Space Rendezvous 24:17 The First Emergency in Space: Gemini 8 and Neil Armstrong 27:35 Inside Neutral Buoyancy: Why NASA Trains Astronauts Underwater 31:01 The Apollo 1 Crew: Gus Grissom, Ed White, & Roger Chaffee 37:00 The Apollo 1 Launch Pad Fire 40:10 The Apollo 1 Fire Aftermath and Investigation 50:56 Senate Investigation Hearings on Apollo 1 Negligence 53:26 Frank Borman and the Post-Apollo 1 Spacecraft Redesign 55:24 1968: Civil Rights, Vietnam, and NASA's Uncertain Future 58:31 Wernher Von Braun, Saturn V, and the "All-Up" Testing Gamble 1:05:36 Apollo 8 and the Race to Beat the Soviet Union to the Moon 1:09:55 Poppy Northcutt: The 25-Year-Old Woman Who Got NASA Astronauts Home Alive 1:13:55 What It Was Like Being an Apollo Astronaut’s Wife 1:16:24 Apollo 8 Liftoff: The First Manned Mission to the Moon 1:21:04 Leaving the Earth’s Gravitational Pull 1:24:40 Life Aboard Apollo 8: Space Food, Illness, and Seeing Earth for the First Time 1:30:24 Entering Lunar Orbit and Seeing the Moon Up Close 1:37:36 Earthrise: The Most Famous Photograph of the 20th Century 1:39:55 The Christmas Eve Genesis Broadcast From Apollo 8 1:45:08 Apollo 8 Return to Earth: Ticker-Tape Parades and Global Acclaim #Space #NASA #MoonLanding #Apollo1 #Apollo8 #Earthrise #History #Documentary This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: https://www.pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericanExp... Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: https://to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Newsletter: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe... Facebook:   / americanexperiencepbs   Instagram:   / americanexperiencepbs   Threads: https://www.threads.net/@americanexpe...