Category: From The Earth To The Moon

1998 HBO series dramatizing the professional and personal struggles of the NASA astronauts, engineers, and administrators tasked with putting an American crew on the surface of the moon before the end of the 1960s.

From The Earth To The Moon: Can We Do This?

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO premieres the first episode of its heavily-promoted docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, executive produced by actor Tom Hanks (Apollo 13) through Ron Howard’s Imagine Films. The series chronicles NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. The first episode covers Sputnik through the Gemini program. The cast includes Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Brett Cullen, Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Chris Isaak, and Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years). Read more

From The Earth To The Moon: Apollo One

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the second episode of its heavily-promoted docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. The second episode is devoted to the tragic Apollo 1 fire and its aftermath. Nick Searcy stars as Deke Slayton, with Mark Rolston as Gus Grissom, musician/actor Chris Isaak as Ed White, and David Andrews as Frank Borman. Kevin Spacey, Mason Adams and John Slattery (Mad Men) guest star. Read more

From The Earth To The Moon: We Have Cleared The Tower

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the third episode of its heavily-promoted docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. The third episode dramatizes the preparations for the critical launch of Apollo 7. Mark Harmon (NCIS), Peter Horton (thirtysomething) and Ann Magnuson guest star. Read more

From The Earth To The Moon: 1968

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the fourth episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. The fourth episode dramatizes the flight of Apollo 8. David Andrews (A Nightmare On Elm Street, Terminator 3) and Tim Daly (Wings) guest star. Read more

From The Earth To The Moon: Spider

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the fifth episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. Dann Florek, Kieran Mulroney, and Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) guest star in an episode covering the evolution of the lunar module and the flights of Apollo 9 and 10. Read more

From The Earth To The Moon: Mare Tranquilitatis

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the sixth episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Tony Goldwyn (Ghost, Scandal), and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) guest star in an episode covering Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing. Read more

From The Earth To The Moon: That’s All There Is

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the seventh episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Dave Foley (The Kids In The Hall)and Paul McCrane (ER, The Shawshank Redemption) guest star. Read more

From The Earth To The Moon: For Miles And Miles

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the ninth episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. Adam Baldwin (Chuck, Firefly), Jerry Hardin (The X-Files), and Gary Cole (Crusade, Office Space) guest star. Read more