When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Mercury: Ordinary Supermen

Sun, Jun 8, 200844 mins

When We Left Earth examines the history of American spaceflight starting with the X-15 rocket plane and the Mercury program.

Episode 2

Friends and Rivals

Sun, Jun 8, 200844 mins

When We Left the Earth examines the Gemini program and how it prepared the space program for the landing on the moon.

Episode 3

Landing the Eagle

Sun, Jun 15, 200844 mins

When We Left the Earth chronicles the Apollo program up until the historic Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

Episode 4

The Explorers

Sun, Jun 15, 200850 mins

When we left the Earth examines the Apollo mission after Apollo 11. It gives a special look at Apollo 13, Apollo 15, and Skylab.

Episode 5

The Shuttle

Sun, Jun 22, 200849 mins

When We Left Earth examines the Space Shuttle Program. It focuses on the first flight of the Columbia, the Challenger disaster, and the launch of the Hubble Space telescope.

Episode 6

Home in Space

Sun, Jun 22, 200849 mins

When We Left the Earth examines at the recent shuttle program focusing on the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope, the building of the ISS, and the destruction of the Columbia.

Episode 7

40th Anniversary Special

Mon, Jul 20, 2009