Where To Stream NOVA Season 45 Episode 17
Apollo's Daring Mission
- Aired December 26, 2018
- 60 Min
- Rated 8.5
- Number 88 Of 294 Rated Episodes
Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon. The U.S. space program suffered a bitter setback when Apollo 1 ended in a deadly fire during a pre-launch run-through. In disarray, and threatened by the prospect of a Soviet Union victory in the space race, NASA decided upon a radical and risky change of plan: turn Apollo 8 from an Earth-orbit mission into a daring sprint to the moon while relying on untested new technologies. Fifty years...