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Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Tom Hanks formed a production partnership in 1995 to create the series. They had previously collaborated on the film Apollo 13 before developing this project for HBO.
The twelve-part miniseries aired from April 5 to the 10th of May 1998. It was broadcast as an original series for the HBO network during that period.
Production teams used weather balloons filled with helium attached to actor backs to reduce their weights to one-sixth. This technique simulated lunar gravity during extravehicular activity scenes without expensive digital effects inside blimp hangars in Tustin, California.
Astronaut David Scott served as the chief technological consultant for the entire project. He came from the crew of Apollo 15 and brought decades of spaceflight experience to ensure scientific authenticity throughout the episodes.
The series won multiple Golden Globe Awards for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. Visual effects team members including Ernest Farino also shared an Emmy win together while other accolades came from the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America.