When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions poster

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)

Documentary · History

A miniseries documenting American human spaceflight, spanning from the first Mercury flights through the Gemini program to the Apollo moon landings, the Space Shuttle, and the construction of the International Space Station. It was created in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008.

IMDb rating: 8.8 (2,100 votes)
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Philo
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Gary Sinise Self - Narrator
Eugene Cernan Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.21 avg 7 episodes 8.4 → 7.8 47 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mercury: Ordinary Supermen	8.4	89
2	Friends and Rivals	8.3	82
3	Landing the Eagle	8.6	71
4	The Explorers	8.2	68
5	The Shuttle	8.0	68
6	Home in Space	8.2	65
7	40th Anniversary Special	7.8	22