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NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of Langley Center and Apollo 1 spacecraft
Part of To the Moon Interviews.
1998
Footage of Langley Center, the Apollo 1 spacecraft, and various machinery. Also includes footage of John Houbolt drawing a diagram on a chalkboard demonstrating Direct Descent, Earth Orbit Rendezvous, and Lunar Orbit Rendezvous.
License Clip
- Series
- NOVA
- Program
- To the Moon
- Program Number
2610
- Title
Footage of Langley Center and Apollo 1 spacecraft
- Series Description
NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over.
- Program Description
This remarkably crafted program covers the full range of participants in the Apollo project, from the scientists and engineers who promoted bold ideas about the nature of the Moon and how to get there, to the young geologists who chose the landing sites and helped train the crews, to the astronauts who actually went – not once or twice, but six times, each to a more demanding and interesting location on the Moon's surface. "To The Moon" includes unprecedented footage, rare interviews, and presents a magnificent overview of the history of man and the Moon. To the Moon aired as NOVA episode 2610 in 1999.
- Duration
0:21:53
- Asset Type
Raw video
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Astronaut
- Moon
- Apollo
- Space
- Gemini
- American history
- Creators
- WGBH Educational Foundation (Producing Organization)
- Contributors
- Houbolt, John Cornelius, 1919-2014 (Interviewee)
- Rights Summary
Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of Langley Center and Apollo 1 spacecraft,” 1998, GBH Archives, accessed April 24, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F27DEE91434544DDBE0915D76634D96F.
- MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of Langley Center and Apollo 1 spacecraft.” 1998. GBH Archives. Web. April 24, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F27DEE91434544DDBE0915D76634D96F>.
- APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of Langley Center and Apollo 1 spacecraft. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F27DEE91434544DDBE0915D76634D96F