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Apollo's Moon Shot

Season 1
The inside story of America’s race to beat the Soviet Union to the moon, told through rarely seen footage and artifacts.
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  1. S1 E1 - Rocket Fever
    June 15, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    Revisit the first leg of the Space Race and witness America’s attempt to regain the global spotlight from the Soviet Union.
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  2. S1 E2 - Triumph and Tragedy
    June 22, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    Witness NASA’s successes and failures, in the skies and on the ground, during Project Gemini and the early Apollo missions.
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  3. S1 E3 - Into the Void
    June 29, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    Revisit the three high-risk, high-reward missions that made Apollo 11’s historic trip to the moon possible.
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  4. S1 E4 - One Giant Leap
    July 6, 2019
    51min
    TV-G
    From blastoff to the Eagle’s landing to Columbia’s splashdown in the Pacific, revisit the historic Apollo 11 mission.
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  5. S1 E5 - Brink of Disaster
    July 13, 2019
    51min
    TV-G
    NASA combats budget cuts, “triggered lightning,” and the near-disaster of Apollo 13.
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  6. S1 E6 - New Frontier
    July 20, 2019
    51min
    TV-G
    NASA rebounds from the near-disaster of Apollo 13 with four moon missions that change space travel forever.
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