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NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 3 of 4

Part of To the Moon Interviews.

1998

Buzz Aldrin, engineer and former NASA astronaut, is interviewed about the Apollo 11 mission and the moments leading up to the moon landing. Aldrin also describes the need to monitor systems immediately after landing, and describes his time on the moon, including bouncing around, doing basic tests, taking lunar samples, and preparing future missions to the moon.

Series

NOVA

Program

To the Moon

Program Number

2610

Title

Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 3 of 4

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

0:23:17

Asset Type

Raw video

Media Type

Video

Subjects

American history

Apollo

Moon

Space

Gemini

Astronaut

Creators

WGBH Educational Foundation (Producing Organization)

Contributors

Aldrin, Buzz, 1930- (Interviewee)

Rights Summary

Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 3 of 4,” 1998, GBH Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F4B62B3E249C4F95A0CA19F07E995B48.

MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 3 of 4.” 1998. GBH Archives. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F4B62B3E249C4F95A0CA19F07E995B48>.

APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 3 of 4. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F4B62B3E249C4F95A0CA19F07E995B48