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==Episodes==
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===Part 1: Ordinary Supermen===▼
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The first episode of the series documents the start of the [[Space Race]] and the flights of the [[Project Mercury|Mercury Program]], beginning with flight testing of the [[North American X-15|X-15]] [[rocket plane]], [[Alan Shepard]]'s flight as the first American astronaut aboard [[Mercury-Redstone 3|''Freedom 7'']], and [[John Glenn]]'s historic flight ''[[Friendship 7]]'' and the potentially fatal problem with the [[atmospheric reentry|heatshield]] that occurred during the second orbit. [[Neil Armstrong]], [[Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.|Chris Kraft]], [[Glynn Lunney]], [[Gene Kranz]], and [[NBC News]] space correspondent [[Jay Barbree]] are among those interviewed.▼
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===Part 2: Friends and Rivals===▼
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The second episode is centered on Project Gemini, the second American human spaceflight program. The episode shows how the astronauts trained for spaceflight. It features the first American [[extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]] by [[Gemini 4]] [[astronaut]] [[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]]. It also features the first space rendezvous with [[Gemini 6]] and 7 and a two-week-long mission on [[Gemini 7]]. It also includes the first docking in space on [[Gemini 8]] and the first mission abort in space, also on Gemini 8. Lastly, it shows the first American to conduct an EVA, or [[Extra-vehicular activity]], Ed White.▼
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▲| ShortSummary = The first episode of the series documents the start of the [[Space Race]] and the flights of the [[Project Mercury|Mercury Program]], beginning with flight testing of the [[North American X-15|X-15]] [[rocket plane]], [[Alan Shepard]]'s flight as the first American astronaut aboard [[Mercury-Redstone 3|''Freedom 7'']], and [[John Glenn]]'s historic flight ''[[Friendship 7]]'' and the potentially fatal problem with the [[atmospheric reentry|heatshield]] that occurred during the second orbit. [[Neil Armstrong]], [[Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.|Chris Kraft]], [[Glynn Lunney]], [[Gene Kranz]], and [[NBC News]] space correspondent [[Jay Barbree]] are among those interviewed.
===Part 3: Landing the Eagle===▼
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The third episode details the beginning of the Apollo program, starting with [[Rocket engine test facility|rocket engine testing]] of the [[F-1 (rocket engine)|F-1 engines]], the [[Apollo 1]] disaster, the flights of [[Apollo 8]], [[Apollo 9|9]], and [[Apollo 10|10]], the tense lunar descent of [[Apollo 11]], and the first human footsteps on the lunar surface. Both [[Buzz Aldrin]] and the rarely interviewed [[Neil Armstrong]] appear in the episode, as well as all of the Apollo 8 astronauts, Commander [[James McDivitt|Jim McDivitt]] of Apollo 9, Apollo 10 astronauts [[Eugene Cernan|Gene Cernan]] and [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]], and [[Flight controller#Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM)|capsule communicators]] [[Charlie Duke]] and Bruce McCandless II and flight director Gene Kranz.▼
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The fourth episode features the five other successful [[moon landing]]s. It shows [[Apollo 12]]'s exploration of the [[Ocean of Storms]]. The episode focuses on the ''"successful failure"'' of [[Apollo 13]]. After the successful [[Apollo 14]], the remaining lunar missions involved more surface exploration. It shows the design and testing of the lunar rover used in [[Apollo 15]], [[Apollo 16|16]], and [[Apollo 17|17]], and documents the missions. The episode discusses the cancelled lunar missions, including recycling the hardware for use in the space station ''[[Skylab]]''.▼
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▲| ShortSummary = The second episode is centered on Project Gemini, the second American human spaceflight program. The episode shows how the astronauts trained for spaceflight. It features the first American [[extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]] by [[Gemini 4]] [[astronaut]] [[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]]. It also features the first space rendezvous with [[Gemini 6]] and 7 and a two-week-long mission on [[Gemini 7]]. It also includes the first docking in space on [[Gemini 8]] and the first mission abort in space, also on Gemini 8. Lastly, it shows the first American to conduct an EVA, or [[Extra-vehicular activity]], Ed White.
The penultimate episode focuses on the flights of the [[Space Shuttle]], beginning with ''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia's]]'' [[STS-1|maiden voyage]] on April 12, 1981 (the twentieth anniversary of the first human spaceflight, [[Vostok 1]]). The [[STS-1]] crew, commander [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]], and pilot [[Robert Crippen|Bob Crippen]], are interviewed. [[Bruce McCandless II|Bruce McCandless]]'s untethered spacewalk on [[STS-41-B]] - the first in history - is shown digitally remastered in high-definition. The episode also documents the [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|disaster]] that occurred 73 seconds after lift-off on mission [[STS-51-L]], on January 28, 1986, and the subsequent halt of the [[Space Shuttle program]]. The episode ends with the launch of the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] in 1990 on mission [[STS-31]] and the subsequent discovery of its defective mirror.▼
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The series' final episode centers on the first refurbishment mission of the Hubble Space Telescope, and [[ISS assembly sequence|launch, assembly, and construction]] of the International Space Station. Shuttle astronauts, including [[Scott Altman]], [[Michael Lopez-Alegria]] (the US record holder for number and duration of spacewalks), [[Ken Bowersox]], and [[Eileen Collins]], are featured in the episode. The episode also recalls the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]] that occurred during re-entry, 16 minutes from landing at the [[Kennedy Space Center]], on mission [[STS-107]], on February 1, 2003.▼
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▲| ShortSummary = The third episode details the beginning of the Apollo program, starting with [[Rocket engine test facility|rocket engine testing]] of the [[F-1 (rocket engine)|F-1 engines]], the [[Apollo 1]] disaster, the flights of [[Apollo 8]], [[Apollo 9|9]], and [[Apollo 10|10]], the tense lunar descent of [[Apollo 11]], and the first human footsteps on the lunar surface. Both [[Buzz Aldrin]] and the rarely interviewed [[Neil Armstrong]] appear in the episode, as well as all of the Apollo 8 astronauts, Commander [[James McDivitt|Jim McDivitt]] of Apollo 9, Apollo 10 astronauts [[Eugene Cernan|Gene Cernan]] and [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]], and [[Flight controller#Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM)|capsule communicators]] [[Charlie Duke]] and Bruce McCandless II and flight director Gene Kranz.
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = The Explorers
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▲| ShortSummary = The fourth episode features the five other successful [[moon landing]]s. It shows [[Apollo 12]]'s exploration of the [[Ocean of Storms]]. The episode focuses on the ''"successful failure"'' of [[Apollo 13]]. After the successful [[Apollo 14]], the remaining lunar missions involved more surface exploration. It shows the design and testing of the lunar rover used in [[Apollo 15]], [[Apollo 16|16]], and [[Apollo 17|17]], and documents the missions. The episode discusses the cancelled lunar missions, including recycling the hardware for use in the space station ''[[Skylab]]''.
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| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = The Shuttle
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▲| ShortSummary = The penultimate episode focuses on the flights of the [[Space Shuttle]], beginning with ''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia's]]'' [[STS-1|maiden voyage]] on April 12, 1981 (the twentieth anniversary of the first human spaceflight, [[Vostok 1]]). The [[STS-1]] crew, commander [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]], and pilot [[Robert Crippen|Bob Crippen]], are interviewed. [[Bruce McCandless II|Bruce McCandless]]'s untethered spacewalk on [[STS-41-B]] - the first in history - is shown digitally remastered in high-definition. The episode also documents the [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|disaster]] that occurred 73 seconds after lift-off on mission [[STS-51-L]], on January 28, 1986, and the subsequent halt of the [[Space Shuttle program]]. The episode ends with the launch of the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] in 1990 on mission [[STS-31]] and the subsequent discovery of its defective mirror.
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| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = A Home in Space
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▲| ShortSummary = The series' final episode centers on the first refurbishment mission of the Hubble Space Telescope, and [[ISS assembly sequence|launch, assembly, and construction]] of the International Space Station. Shuttle astronauts, including [[Scott Altman]], [[Michael Lopez-Alegria]] (the US record holder for number and duration of spacewalks), [[Ken Bowersox]], and [[Eileen Collins]], are featured in the episode. The episode also recalls the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]] that occurred during re-entry, 16 minutes from landing at the [[Kennedy Space Center]], on mission [[STS-107]], on February 1, 2003.
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