Moon Machines
Moon Machines in the US and UK is a Science Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting the engineering challenges of the Apollo Program to land a man on the Moon. It covers everything from the iconic Saturn V to the Command Module, the Lunar Module, the Space Suits, the Guidance and Control Computer, and the Lunar Rover. It was created by the team who made In the Shadow of the Moon in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired in June 2008 and was released on DVD a year later in June 2009.
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1.The Saturn V Rocket
06-07-2008The first episode of the series documents the creation of the iconic Saturn V rocket.
2.The Command Module
06-07-2008The second episode is centered around the construction of the Apollo Command Module and the setback of the Apollo 1 fire.
3.The Navigation Computer
07-07-2008The third episode details the story of MIT's work on the Apollo Guidance Computer.
4.The Lunar Module
08-07-2008The fourth episode features the Grumman project to build mankind's only true spacecraft - the Lunar Module.
5.The Space Suit
09-07-2008The penultimate episode focuses on the teams that created the remarkable Apollo pressure suit.
6.The Lunar Rover
10-07-2008The series' final episode centers on the design and perfection of the novel Lunar Roving vehicle carried to the Moon on the Apollo J-class missions.
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