Season - Episode
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1 - 1Ordinary Supermen Jun 08, 2008
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1 - 2Friends and Rivals Jun 08, 2008
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1 - 3Landing the Eagle Jun 15, 2008
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1 - 4The Explorers Jun 15, 2008
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1 - 5The Shuttle Jun 22, 2008
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1 - 6Home In Space Jun 22, 2008
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0 - 1Freedom 7 Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 2Friendship 7: John Glenn Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 3Proud Conquest: Gemini VII and VI Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 4Apollo 8 Debrief Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 5The Flight of Apollo 11 Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 6NASA FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Four Days of Gemini 4 Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 7Michael Collins: Astronaut Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 8Joe Kosmo: Space Suit Engineer / Designer Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 9Mercury Training Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 10Ed White's Extravehicular Activity Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 11Gemini 6 and 7 Rendezvous Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 12Gemini 8 Docking with Agena Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 13Gemini 9 Docking Attempt Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 14
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0 - 15Al Bean: Astronaut Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 16Gene Kranz: Flight Director Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 17Apollo 8: Launch & Stage Separation Sequences Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 18Apollo 8: Lunar & Earth Orbit Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 19Apollo 9: LM in Earth Orbit Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 20Apollo 11: Astronauts Return & Parade Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 21Apollo 16: Rover Test Drive Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 22Apollo 17: Night Launch Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 23NASA FILM HIGHLIGHTS: Skylab: The First 40 Days Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 24Shannon Lucid: Astronaut Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 25James Crocker: Aerospace Engineer Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 26Skylab Tour Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 27Skylab Zero Gravity Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 28Shuttle STS-1 Launch Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 29Shuttle STS-1 Landing Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 30Shuttle STS-31 Hubble Deployment Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 31Shuttle STS-61 Hubble Repair Jan 01, 1970
Overview
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions or NASA's Greatest Missions: When We Left Earth in the UK is a Discovery Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting American human spaceflight, spanning from the first Mercury flights through the Gemini program to the Apollo moon landings, the Space Shuttle, and the construction of the International Space Station. It was created in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired on June 8, 2008, and concluded on June 22. Each airing consisted of two hour-long episodes. The miniseries was released on DVD on July 10, 2008, and was released on Blu-ray disc on August 12. The third episode, "Landing the Eagle", was re-aired on July 20, 2009 for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It featured improved images from the moonwalk.