TV Show Details
Air Date:January 1st, 2011
Last Air Date:January 22nd, 2011
Network:BBC One
Status:Returning Series
Genres:Documentary
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Dangerous Films
The Space Age: NASA's Story (2011)
TV ShowBBC One
Documentary
Plot
This BBC series offers a fresh look at an amazing organization and mankind's quest to understand the universe. Blending stunningly restored footage with revealing, insightful and engaging interviews with the people who were there - the astronauts, family members and journalists - this is an epic story of the heroes, the triumphs and the tragedies of space exploration. Starting with NASA's beginnings in the Cold War, the series follows the iconic moments of space exploration from the race to get the first man in space to the first steps on the moon. And with triumph and achievement comes risk and disaster, as the series follows the white-knuckle suspense of Apollo 13 and the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. Intelligent, inspiring and accessible, The Space Age is a complete history of mankind's journey into space.