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- DirectorBill GibsonStarsBuzz AldrinNeil ArmstrongMike CollinsTheatrically released documentary on the Apollo 11 moon landing, issued barely two months after its completion, combining footage from Houston's Space Center, Florida's Cape Kennedy, and aboard the shuttle itself.
- DirectorYekaterina VermishyovaStarsYuri GagarinFilm about flight of Yuriy Gagarin in space of April, 12, 1961.
- DirectorTheo KameckeStarsLaurence LuckinbillBuzz AldrinNeil ArmstrongThis documentary from 1970 explores all aspects of the Apollo 11 Moon mission.
- DirectorDavid L. WolperStarsEsther GoddardHolger N. ToftoyMike WallaceThe history of the beginning of man's reach for space travel. Some previously classified American and Russia footage is inter-spliced with Mike Wallace interviewing people about their first-hand experiences.
- DirectorNikolai ChigorinMaria SlavinskayaA summary of the soviet air and space achievements as of the end of 1957 culminating in the launch of the world's satellite Sputnik 1 followed by the launch of the heavier Sputnik 2 with world's first animal on board - space dog Laika.
- A collection of NASA films, from Project Mercury to the Space Shuttle.
- DirectorAl ReinertStarsJim LovellKen MattinglyRussell SchweickartAn in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
- DirectorMickey LemleStarsBuzz AldrinAlan BeanCharles ConradFeatures eight Apollo astronauts who intimately share their experience of going to the moon, describing what happened to them while they were there, and how their lives have been shaped by the experience in the 20 years after.
- StarsScott CarpenterGordon CooperWalter CunninghamThe flight of Apollo 13.
- DirectorKirk WolfingerStarsBarry CorbinBuzz AldrinJay BarbreeThis mini-series is a documentary that chronicles the NASA space program from its inception up through the final moon mission of Apollo 17 with historical, archived NASA film footage.
- StarsArthur KentDeadly accidents and failures of the Soviet Union's space program are revealed.
- DirectorLeo De BoerA detailed and in-depth look at the early days of the Soviet Union's space program as told by cosmonauts themselves.
- DirectorWilliam KarelStarsPhilippe FaureChristiane KubrickJan HarlanThis hard-hitting mockumentary exposes how Stanley Kubrick faked the 1969 moon landing, with seeming-endorsements from many key players in NASA and the US government.
- StarsGraham GreeneBuzz AldrinWalter CronkiteRocket sleds scream across the New Mexico desert. Air Force pilots soar to the edge of space, and one even parachutes back, breaking the sound barrier as he does so. American astronauts prepare for their first steps into space, neck and neck with their competition in the U.S.S.R. Rocket Science is a 13 part series that details mankind's first earliest adventures in space, as told by the men and women who made it happen. Chuck Yeager, Scott Crossfield, Buzz Aldrin, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Christopher Kraft, Gene Kranz, Sy Liebergot, Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan and many others, with special commentary by Andrew Chaikin and Walter Cronkite. Narrated by Graham Greene.
- DirectorRushmore DeNooyerKirk WolfingerStarsGene KranzJames DoolittleChristopher KraftA history of the U.S. manned space program from Mercury to Apollo 17, as seen by the men of Mission Control.
- StarsJohn WillyardEd BuckbeeJay FosterThe history, development, specifications, accomplishments, and launch footage of America's first heavy-lift space launch vehicles, the Saturn I and Saturn IB rockets.
- StarsJohn WillyardEd BuckbeeThe history, development and testing, specifications, accomplishments, and launch footage of the world's largest heavy-lift space launch vehicle, the Saturn V moon rocket.
- DirectorVirginia QuinnStarsBuzz AldrinMarcus AllenBill Kaysing
- DirectorMark CowenStarsTom HanksJohn CorbettAndrew HusmannThis program strives to give the viewer an impression of what it is like to actually be on the moon. It provides a romantic, inspirational depiction of the Apollo astronauts travels on the moon peppered by their quotations of their impressions.
- DirectorDavid SingtonStarsBuzz AldrinAlan BeanEugene CernanThe crew members of NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.
- DirectorNicole TeuschStarsJohn AaronBuzz AldrinBill AndersThe challenges and risks that defined the Apollo program.
- DirectorDavid HoffmanStarsLiev SchreiberGene BanucciJay BarbreeDocumentary looking back at the USSR's Sputnik satellite and its effects at the time and over the last 50 years.
- DirectorBecky NeimanMichael PotterJoin this band of rebels out to change the course of history in space, as they board a private Gulf Stream jet, fly to Russia, negotiate one of the most remarkable business deals of the final frontier.
- StarsGene KranzGary SiniseJim LovellNarrated by award-winning actor Gary Sinise, WHEN WE LEFT EARTH is the incredible story of humankind's greatest adventure, as it happened, told by the people who were there. From the early quest of the Mercury program to put a man in space, to the historic moon landings, through the Soyuz link-up and the first un-tethered space walk by Bruce McCandless, this is how the space age came of age. The vivid HD series features vintage rushes and all the key onboards filmed by the astronauts themselves. The sequences are captured by cameras onboard the spaceships, enabling the series to tell the stories in a depth never seen before.
- DirectorAndrew TaitStarsVeronika HyksBarbara ButlerMartha ChaffeeEvery few years, the first wives of the Apollo astronauts have a reunion. This is their story.
- DirectorKevin StirlingStarsGeorge AlexanderMark BloomSue ButlerMoon Beat re-examines the epic 1969 flight of Apollo XI, on it's 40th anniversary, with a behind-the-scenes look from top NASA officials and many leading journalists who covered the first moon landing and the U.S. Space program. The Summer of '69 was an historic time, a turbulent time, and a time before cell phones, the Internet or 24-hour cable news. It was a time when newspapers and magazines flourished - alongside just three major U.S television networks. Around the world, the BBC covered the historic flight for an even larger European audience, and reporters from all corners of the globe were focused on just one story - the flight of Apollo XI and mankind's Journey to the Moon.
- DirectorTony PalmerStarsBuzz AldrinNeil ArmstrongMike CollinsA musical journey through our solar system to the far reaches of the universe.
- Chronicles America's "one giant leap for mankind" from launch to landing with comprehensive footage from the film and videotape records of Apollo 11, the landmark event of man's achievement in the 20th Century.
- 1993–TV Episode
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsMarcia McBroomJim BackusMel BlancA futuristic documentary for Martin Marietta Corporation, about America's plans for a space station and space shuttles.
- DirectorScott J. GillStarsNeil ArmstrongDavid BakerPenelope BostonVisionary rocket scientist, Robert Zubrin, has a plan for getting humans to Mars in the next ten years and ultimately turning the Red Planet blue. But can he win over the skeptics at NASA and the wider world?
- DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsTaraji P. HensonOctavia SpencerJanelle MonáeThe story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
- DirectorMichael BarnettStarsBob BehnkenAlayna BidlackNiko BlanksAspiring teenage astronauts reveal that a journey to Mars is closer than you think.
- DirectorEmer ReynoldsStarsFrank DrakeCarolyn PorcoJohn CasaniIt is one of humankind's greatest achievements. More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space - the first human-made object ever to do so.
- DirectorDavid FairheadStarsJohn AaronStephen BalesJerry BostickAt the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.
- StarsRobert SeamansBill StoneySonny MoreaA collection of documentaries about project apollo,from the designers and engineers viewpoint.Each episode focused on individual components or equipment for the Apollo programme.
- DirectorIvan GalinStarsAugust SchellenbergMission to Mir is an unique tour of the Russian Space Station Mir. Filmed in space by American astronauts, the film examines their relationships with Mir's cosmonauts as they live, work, and entertain in a zero-gravity environment.
- DirectorTodd Douglas MillerStarsNeil ArmstrongMike CollinsBuzz AldrinA look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins.