| Edition |
[Blu-ray version.]. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 258 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.78:1), Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 1080i High-Definition ; (Special features: Dolby Digital stereo., 1080i High-Definition). |
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This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. |
| Note |
Title and credits from container. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Gary Sinise. |
| Credits |
Original score, Richard Blair-Oliphant ; conductor, Ben Wallfisch. |
| Note |
Originally produced for the Discovery Channel in 2008. |
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Contains 6 episodes from the series. |
| Audience |
TV-PG. |
| Summary |
Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered.. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Episode 1: Ordinary supermen ; Episode 2: Friends and rivals -- Disc 2. Episode 3: Landing the Eagle ; Episode 4: The explorers -- Disc 3. Episode 5: The shuttle ; Episode 6: A home in space -- Disc 4: Original NASA films. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: NASA film highlights: Four days of Gemini 4; interviews from NASA's archives with Michael Collins, Joe Kosmo; Mercury/Gemini mission clips ; Disc 2: NASA film highlights: Apollo 13; Houston, we've got a problem; interviews from NASA's archives with Al Bean, Gene Krantz; Apollo mission clips ; Disc 3: NASA film highlights: Skylab: the first 40 days; interviews from NASA's archives: Shannon Lucid, James Crocker; Skylab/Shuttle/Hubble mission clips ; Disc 4: Original NASA films include Freedom 7 (May 5, 1961); Friendship 7: John Glenn (February 20, 1962) ; Proud conquest: Gemini 7 & 6 (December 15, 1965); Apollo 8 debrief (December 21, 1968); The flight of Apollo 11 (July 20, 1969). |
| Terms Of Use |
These discs are copy protected. |
| Language |
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Manned space flight -- History.
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History.
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Space flight -- History.
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Astronauts -- United States.
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Outer space -- Exploration -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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| Added Author |
Botting, Kate.
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Fields, Ed.
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Sinise, Gary.
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Dangerous Films.
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Discovery Channel (Firm)
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Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
When we left Earth, the NASA missions |
| Standard No. |
014381486353 |
| Music No. |
DIS4863D Discovery Communications |
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