Bibliograph

Nova, directed by Kirk Wolfinger ; written and produced by Rushmore DeNooyer ; produced by Sue Norton ; a Nova production by Sugar Films Ltd. for WGBH Boston

Type

Label

Nova, directed by Kirk Wolfinger ; written and produced by Rushmore DeNooyer ; produced by Sue Norton ; a Nova production by Sugar Films Ltd. for WGBH Boston

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Nova

Oclc number

1096491395

Responsibility statement

directed by Kirk Wolfinger ; written and produced by Rushmore DeNooyer ; produced by Sue Norton ; a Nova production by Sugar Films Ltd. for WGBH Boston

Runtime

Summary

NOVA: Apollo's Daring Mission. 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 untried new technologies. Fifty years after the historic mission, the Apollo 8 astronauts and engineers recount the feats of engineering that paved the way to the moon

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Apollo's daring mission

Contributor

Genre