Season 1 Episodes
1. The Rocketeers
The history of the X series of aircraft, with emphasis on the Bell X-1 and on the North American X-15 spaceplanes, and on Chuck Yeager's role in breaking the sound barrier.
2. The Last Empty Sky
The development of the rocket: 1920 to 1957. The episode mentions Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Hermann Oberth, Robert Goddard, Wernher von Braun, and Sergey Korolyov as the key figures in development of multistage liquid-fueled rockets.
3. The High Ground
The first artificial satellite and the first humans in space. The episode mentions Soviet Sputnik program, the R-7 rocket, the American Vanguard, Redstone and Atlas rockets and the project Mercury.
4. Mercury Rising
Project Mercury and first American astronauts.
5. Missiles to the Moon
John F. Kennedy issues the challenge. America prepares to compete with the Soviets by declaring a landing on the Moon before the end of the decade.
6. The Learning Curve
NASA invents space travel with Project Gemini, learning docking, space walking and rendezvous.
7. Go Fever
The disaster of Apollo 1 puts NASA on track for the Moon. Go Fever takes over.
8. Ten Times Faster Than A Rifle Bullet
The birth of the Saturn V.
9. We Choose To Go To The Moon
The slow and painful birth of the first true spaceship and the Apollo 8 Christmas voyage around the Moon.
10. Before This Decade is Out
Apollo 11 and the first steps on the Moon.
11. The Universe Strikes Back
Apollo 11 had been a near miss. Apollo 12 and Apollo 13 were near disasters.
12. The Last Man On The Moon
The era of the space cowboy comes to an end.
