Nasa's greatest missions

[Fred F.]

Voor de liefhebbers: vanavond om 9 uur op Discovery Channel aflevering 1 van de 6-delige documentaire serie:

NASA's Greatest Missions.

The six hour-long episodes include:

1. ORDINARY SUPERMAN

NASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. The Mercury astronauts and engineers need to figure out how to launch a man into space on top of a converted intercontinental ballistic missile.

2. FRIENDS AND RIVALS

For Project Gemini, a new generation of astronauts arrive at NASA -- their mission, to test all the procedures required to land men on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Each Gemini mission launches two men into space, leading to some of NASA's greatest moments -- Ed White's spacewalk, the first orbital rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7.

3. LANDING THE EAGLE

The Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks out in the pressurized capsule of Apollo 1, resulting in the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. But NASA's astronauts and engineers turn tragedy into triumph with the first manned launch of the formidable Saturn V rocket, lifting three astronauts into deep space for the first time. Two missions later and NASA is ready to land men on the moon in the ultimate test of America's spacefaring vision.

4. THE EXPLORERS

Now that NASA has mastered the lunar round trip, they want to explore more of the moon's mysteries. With Apollo 13, they face their biggest crisis in space -- returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Undaunted, NASA launches more moon missions and a new lunar rover that allows wide-ranging lunar surface expiditions. Apollo 17 is the longest moon mission and the last time man would set foot on the moon for generations. In a new phase of the space program, NASA converts an unused Saturn V rocket into Skylab, America's first space-station. But by the time it reaches orbit it's badly damaged. For the first time, astronauts will have to work outside the spaceship to save the space-station.

5. THE SHUTTLE

For its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the reusable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel, but somebody has to test fly it in space for the first time. That requires a true test pilot, John Young, the man who sat alongside Gus Grissom on the first Gemini flight. NASA's manned programs are again leading the way, but space travel remains as dangerous as ever and tragedy again strikes NASA when the Challenger explodes.

6. HOME IN SPACE

One of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding of the Universe. But once it is in orbit, NASA discovers a serious problem, a defective main mirror that leaves Hubble short-sighted. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem, but it won’t be easy. It is NASA’s greatest and highest profile mission since the Apollo era. It gives NASA the confidence to begin construction on the International Space Station. More astronauts are in space simultaneously than ever before. And despite the tragedy of Columbia, NASA’s astronauts are pioneering the way back to the moon, Mars and beyond.

http://www.discoverypers.nl/nasa/

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/nasa/programs/programs.html

[HosteDenis]

The six hour-long episodes include:

1. ORDINARY SUPERMAN

NASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. The Mercury astronauts and engineers need to figure out how to launch a man into space on top of a converted intercontinental ballistic missile.

Gekeken. Leuk om originele beelden te zien, interviews met de originele astronauten. Je hoorde of las hun naam al eens ergens (vb. John Glenn) maar nu kan je dus ook een gezicht op de naam plakken. Ook leuk te zien dat het een objectieve documentaire was, en dus geen wij-amerikanen-zijn-beter-dan-de-Sovjet-Unie-reportage die je vaak ziet als het over de race for space gaat. Aan de andere kant liepen ze ook achter op de Russen gedurende het Mercury project, dus misschien (hopelijk niet) verandert dat nog.

Boeiende reportage, volgende keer kijk ik weer!

Denis

Edit; ik las nog net even de post opnieuw, en bemerkte dat er 'Ordinary Superman' staat. De reportage noemde 'Ordinary Supermen'. Klein verschil, maar de eer komt natuurlijk niet 1 man toe...

[Chillobillo]

Heb het ook gekeken. Erg van genoten. Leuke en mooie beelden ook, echt een aanrader!!

[Fred F.]

Vanavond (donderdag) om 9 uur de 2e aflevering over het Gemini project.

[Chillobillo]

Gisteravond uiteraard weer gekeken! Echt prachtige beelden, de eerste ruimtewandeling. Heb er erg van genoten!

[Fred F.]

Vanavond (donderdag) om 9 uur de 3e aflevering over het Apollo project en de eerste maanlanding.

[Chillobillo]

En vanavond, een week later alweer, de 4e aflevering! Heb er zin in

[Fred F.]

En wie om 9 uur geen tijd heeft:



herhaling vannacht om 2:50

en nog eens in nacht van zaterdag op zondag om 1:00 uur

[Chillobillo]

Dat zijn toch geen tijden meer..

[Fred F.]

Vanavond (donderdag 16 okt) om 9 uur de 5e aflevering over de space shuttle.

Herhaling vannacht om 2:50

en nog eens in nacht van zaterdag op zondag om 1:00 uur

[Chillobillo]

Yes!!

[Fred F.]

Vanavond (donderdag 23 okt) om 9 uur de 6e en tevens laatste aflevering.

Herhaling vannacht om 2:50

en nog eens in nacht van zaterdag op zondag om 1:00 uur.

[Chillobillo]

Ik heb uiteraard weer gekeken! Leuke laatste aflevering. Heb erg genoten van de serie. Weet iemand of het misschien op dvd wordt uitgebracht? Zou ze dan graag willen hebben