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    TV Mini-series | 48 min | Documentary, History
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008–2008)
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TV Mini-series | 48 min | Documentary, History

Narrated by Gary Sinise, this HD series chronicles the space age from Mercury missions to moon landings, Soyuz link-ups, and untethered spacewalks through astronauts' own footage, capturing humankind's greatest adventure.
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Ed Fields (series writer)
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Updated Nov 18, 2008

Release date (First episode)
Jun 8, 2008 (United States)

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49 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Gene Kranz
Self - Flight Director / Self / Self - Assistant Flight Director / Self - Missions Operations Director Self - Flight Director / Self / Self - Assistant Flight Director / Self - Missions Operations Director   See fewer
7
Gary Sinise
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
6
Jim Lovell
Self / Self - Apollo 13 / Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7 Self / Self - Apollo 13 / Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7   See fewer
5
Eugene Cernan
Self / Self - Apollo 10 / Self - Apollo 17 / Self - Gemini 9 Self / Self - Apollo 10 / Self - Apollo 17 / Self - Gemini 9   See fewer
5
Christopher Kraft
Self - Flight Director / Self / Self - Mission Control Self - Flight Director / Self / Self - Mission Control   See fewer
4
Neil Armstrong
Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 8 / Self - X-15 Test Pilot Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 8 / Self - X-15 Test Pilot   See fewer
4
Buzz Aldrin
Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 12 Self / Self - Apollo 11 / Self - Gemini 12   See fewer
4
Frank Borman
Self / Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7 Self / Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7   See fewer
3
Jay Barbree
Self - Space Correspondant Self - Space Correspondant   See fewer
3
Charles Duke
Self / Self - Apollo 16 / Self - CAPCOM Apollo 11 Self / Self - Apollo 16 / Self - CAPCOM Apollo 11   See fewer
3
Bruce McCandless II
Self / Self - CAPCOM Apollo 11 / Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self / Self - CAPCOM Apollo 11 / Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
3
John Young
Self - Apollo 16 / Self - Gemini 3 / Self - Shuttle Commander Self - Apollo 16 / Self - Gemini 3 / Self - Shuttle Commander   See fewer
3
Jim McDivitt
Self / Self - Apollo 9 / Self - Gemini 4 Self / Self - Apollo 9 / Self - Gemini 4   See fewer
3
Story Musgrave
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
2
Glynn Lunney
Self - Flight Controller / Self - Flight Director Self - Flight Controller / Self - Flight Director   See fewer
2
Ed Weiler
Self - Chief Scientist, Hubble Self - Chief Scientist, Hubble   See fewer
2
Jeffrey Hoffman
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
2
Bill Anders
Self / Self - Apollo 8 Self / Self - Apollo 8   See fewer
2
Susan Borman
Self / Self - Wife Self / Self - Wife   See fewer
2
Robert Gibson
Self - Shuttle Commander Self - Shuttle Commander   See fewer
2
Barbara Morgan
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
2
Valerie Anders
Self / Self - Wife Self / Self - Wife   See fewer
2
Robert L. Crippen
Self - Shuttle Pilot Self - Shuttle Pilot   See fewer
1
Alan Bean
Self - Apollo 12 Self - Apollo 12   See fewer
1
Fred Haise
Self - Apollo 13 Self - Apollo 13   See fewer
1
Milt Heflin
Self - Flight Director Self - Flight Director   See fewer
1
John Glenn
Self - Mercury Astronaut Self - Mercury Astronaut   See fewer
1
Katherine Thornton
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
1
Jerry Linenger
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
1
Scott Carpenter
Self - Mercury Astronaut Self - Mercury Astronaut   See fewer
1
David Wolf
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
1
Joe Kerwin
Self - Skylab 2 Self - Skylab 2   See fewer
1
Scott E. Parazynski
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
1
George Bush
Self - 41st President Self - 41st President   See fewer
1
Scott D. Altman
Self - Shuttle Pilot Self - Shuttle Pilot   See fewer
1
Al Worden
Self - Apollo 15 Self - Apollo 15   See fewer
1
Lowell Grissom
Self - Gus Grissom's Brother Self - Gus Grissom's Brother   See fewer
1
Michael E. López-Alegría
Self - ISS Commander Self - ISS Commander   See fewer
1
Jim Lewis
Self - Helicopter Pilot Self - Helicopter Pilot   See fewer
1
Ken Bowersox
Self - Shuttle Commander Self - Shuttle Commander   See fewer
1
Steve Hawley
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
1
Owen Garriott
Self - Skylab 3 Self - Skylab 3   See fewer
1
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
1
Jon Clark
Self - Shuttle Flight Surgeon Self - Shuttle Flight Surgeon   See fewer
1
Evelyn Husband
Self - Wife Self - Wife   See fewer
1
Loren Shriver
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
1
1
Bill Reeves
Self - Flight Director Self - Flight Director   See fewer
1
Eileen Collins
Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut   See fewer
1
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