Project Apollo The Other Side of the Moon (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 57 min | Documentary

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Project Apollo

The Other Side of the Moon (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 57 min | Documentary

Broadcast 10 years to the night after Apollo 11's landing on the Moon, this programme examines the challenges, flaws, failures and successes of the American Space Program, both practical and political.

Writer

James Burke (written by)

Producer

Stuart Harris

Composers

Martin Cook (music) | Richard Denton (music)

Editors

Terry Bennell | Robert Marshall

Production Designer

Joanna Ball

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Updated Jul 20, 1979

Release date

Jul 20, 1979 (United Kingdom)

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30 cast members

Name	Known for
James Burke Self Self See fewer	The Trigger Effect (1996)
James Arnold Self (as Dr. James Arnold) Self (as Dr. James Arnold) See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Roger B. Chaffee Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Robert Gilruth Self (as Dr. Robert Gilruth) Self (as Dr. Robert Gilruth) See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Gus Grissom Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon (2008)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spartamerika
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Gene Kranz Self Self See fewer	Failure Is Not an Option (2003)
Jim Lovell Self (as Capt. Jim Lovell) Self (as Capt. Jim Lovell) See fewer	Apollo 13 (I) (1995)
George Low Self Self See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Jim McDivitt Self (as Brig. Gen. Jim McDivitt) Self (as Brig. Gen. Jim McDivitt) See fewer	The Brady Bunch (1969)
John B. Medaris Self (archive footage) (as General Medaris) Self (archive footage) (as General Medaris) See fewer	Small World (1958)
Dale Myers Self Self See fewer	Fight for Space (2016)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Thomas Paine Self (as Dr. Thomas Paine) Self (as Dr. Thomas Paine) See fewer	Future Flight (1987)
Rocco Petrone Self Self See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Jack Schmitt Self (as Senator Jack Schmitt) Self (as Senator Jack Schmitt) See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Dave Scott Self (as Col. Save Scott) Self (as Col. Save Scott) See fewer	Mission to Mars (2000)
Alan Shepard Self (as Admiral Alan B Shepard) Self (as Admiral Alan B Shepard) See fewer	The Magical World of Disney (1954)
Harrison Storms Self (as Harrison "Stormy" Storms) Self (as Harrison "Stormy" Storms) See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Wernher von Braun Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Magical World of Disney (1954)
Robert Walker Self (as Dr. Robert Walker) Self (as Dr. Robert Walker) See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Gerry Wasserburg Self (as Prof. Gerry Wasserburg) Self (as Prof. Gerry Wasserburg) See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
James Webb Self Self See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Edward C. Welsh Self (as Edward Welsh) Self (as Edward Welsh) See fewer	Project Apollo (1979)
Edward H. White II Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Four Days of Gemini 4 (1965)