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From the Earth to the Moon ()

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Season: 1 Year: 1998
Dramatized portrayal of the Apollo manned space program.
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  • Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 19 wins & 33 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary

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  Self - Host / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
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  Deke Slayton (10 episodes, 1998)
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  Emmett Seaborn (6 episodes, 1998)
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  Frank Borman (5 episodes, 1998)
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  Gene Cernan (5 episodes, 1998)
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  Chris Kraft (5 episodes, 1998)
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  Gerry Griffin (4 episodes, 1998)
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  Jim Lovell (4 episodes, 1998)
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  Thomas Stafford / ... (4 episodes, 1998)
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  James McDivitt / ... (4 episodes, 1998)
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  Dave Scott (3 episodes, 1998)
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  Michael Collins (3 episodes, 1998)
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  Roger Chaffee (3 episodes, 1998)
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  SURGEON / ... (3 episodes, 1998)
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  George Low (3 episodes, 1998)
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  Dick Gordon (3 episodes, 1998)
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  John Young (3 episodes, 1998)
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  Susan Borman (3 episodes, 1998)
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  Gus Grissom (3 episodes, 1998)
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  FIDO (3 episodes, 1998)
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  Ed White (3 episodes, 1998)
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  Jack Schmitt (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Thomas Paine (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Pat White (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Bill Anders (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Dr. Leon (Lee) Silver / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Gene Kranz (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Jason (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Buzz Aldrin / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Jeff Jordy / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Jan Armstrong (2 episodes, 1998)
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  CAPCOM / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Engineer / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Robert Seamans (2 episodes, 1998)
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  RETRO (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Blaisdell (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Paul Lucas (2 episodes, 1998)
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  C.C. Williams (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Neil Armstrong (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Reporter #1 / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
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  GUIDO (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Walt Cunningham (2 episodes, 1998)
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  FIDO / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Alan Shepard (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Bob Gilruth (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Stu Roosa (2 episodes, 1998)
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  James Webb (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Donn Eisele (2 episodes, 1998)
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  Rusty Schweickart (2 episodes, 1998)
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  L. Gordon Cooper (2 episodes, 1998)

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Plot Summary

The twelve episodes follow the Apollo space program from a variety of viewpoints: (1) "Can We Do This?" maps the origins of Apollo and its Mercury and Gemini roots; (2) "Apollo 1" tells of the tragic fire and the subsequent finger-pointing; (3) "We Have Cleared the Tower" portrays the intense preparation for Apollo 7; (4) "1968" puts Apollo 8 into its historical context against events of the era; (5) "Spider" shows the engineering POV through the design, building, and testing of the LEMs with Apollos 9 and 10, (6) "Mare Tranquilitatis" shows the deeper considerations behind the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing; (7) "That's All There Is" portrays the camaraderie of the Apollo 12 crew; (8) "We Interrupt This Program" shows a by-now-indifferent media galvanized by the events of Apollo 13; (9) "For Miles and Miles" tells of Alan Shepherd's return to the manned program with Apollo 14 after being grounded between Mercury and Gemini; (10) "Galileo Was Right" show the non-piloting demands on the Apollo 15 astronauts as they train in lunar field geology; (11) "The Original Wives Club" gives the female POV through the wives of the New Nine; and (12) "La Voyage Dans La Lune" brings things full circle by contrasting Georges Méliès's vision and drive in creating his 1902 film with Apollo 17 and the Apollo program's close. Written by Kathy Li

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Also Known As
  • De la Terre à la Lune (France)
  • De la Tierra a la Luna (Spain)
  • De la Tierra a la Luna (Mexico)
  • От Земята до Луната (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Od Zemlje do Mjeseca (Croatia)
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  • 60 min
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Budget $68,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The lunar excursion module (LEM) seen in several episodes up close, is in fact a real lunar module. It was originally scheduled to go to the Moon as part of the Apollo 18 flight; NASA budget cuts forced Apollo 18's cancellation, but the LEM was saved and eventually used in filming this miniseries. It is now enshrined in a museum. In some episodes, we can see a bus-like craft which takes the astronauts from NASA down to the pad at Cape Kennedy just prior to launch. This bus is also the real thing, which the real astronauts all used. See more »
Goofs In the first episode there is a scene that shows a Navy ship, the ship shown is a Ticonderoga class cruiser, the Navy commissioned the first one, the USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), on Jan. 22, 1983. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Race for Space (2010). See more »
Quotes Clinton Anderson: [at the senate inquiry following the Apollo 1 fire] Colonel, what caused the fire? I'm not talking about wires and oxygen. It seems that some people think that NASA pressured North American to meet unrealistic and arbitrary deadlines and that in turn North American allowed safety to be compromised.
Frank Borman: I won't deny there's been pressure to meet deadlines, but safety has never been intentionally compromised.
Clinton Anderson: Then what caused the fire?
Frank Borman: A failure of imagination. We've always known there was the possibility of fire in a spacecraft. But the fear was that it would happen in space, when you're 180 miles from terra firma and the nearest fire station. That was the worry. No one ever imagined it could happen on the ground. If anyone had thought of it, the test would've been classified as hazardous. But it wasn't. We just didn't think of it. Now who's fault is that? Well, it's North American's fault. It's NASA's fault. It's the fault of every person who ever worked on Apollo. It's my fault. I didn't think the test was hazardous. No one did. I wish to God we had.
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