21 Aug 2009
Rocketmen
A documentary about the courage, bravery and triumph of the "Rocket Men" of the U.S. manned space program.
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.
Top Billed Cast
Buzz Aldrin Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11 (archive footage)
Bill Anders Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)
Neil Armstrong Self - Commander, Apollo 11 (archive footage)
Frank Borman Self - Commander, Apollo 8 (voice) (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite Self - CBS News (archive footage)
Betty Grissom Self - Wife of Gus Grissom (archive footage)
Jim Lovell Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)
Wernher von Braun Self - Rocket Scientist, NASA (archive footage)
Joseph Sheahan Self - NASA (archive footage)
James Burke Self - BBC (archive footage) (archive sound)
Glynn Lunney Self - NASA Flight Director (archive footage)
John Glenn Self - Mercury Astronaut (archive footage)
Gus Grissom elf - Apollo Astronaut (archive footage)
Gordon Cooper Self (archive footage)
Wally Schirra Self (archive footage)
Edward H. White II Self (archive footage)
Roger B. Chaffee Self - Apollo 1 Astronaut (archive footage)
Jerry Park Self - WFAA, Dallas (archive footage)
Bill Ryan Self - NBC News (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage)
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