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Documentary films about the space program of the United States

  • Moon MachinesThe year 2008 marked the fiftieth anniversary of NASA. A team behind a previous project called In the Shadow of the Moon decided to create something new for…
  • In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)The 2007 Sundance Film Festival opened its doors to a documentary that would soon change how audiences viewed the moon landings.
  • When We Left Earth: The NASA MissionsThe year 2007 marked a turning point for space history documentation. Discovery Channel and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration signed a…
  • Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3DMark Cowen and Tom Hanks joined forces to create a documentary about the first humans on the Moon. This project marked the third Apollo-related work for…
  • Moonwalk OneIn early 1969, Francis Thompson and his partner Alexander Hammid received a call from NASA. They were the creators of To Be Alive!, which won an Academy…
  • James May on the MoonThe documentary James May on the Moon first aired on BBC Two on the 21st of June 2009. It later appeared on BBC America in the United States on the 10th of…
  • Footprints on the Moon (1969 film)Bill Gibson directed a film that captured humanity's first steps on another world. Barry Coe produced the project under his own company, Barry Coe…
  • For All Mankind (film)Al Reinert began researching the Apollo program in 1979 while writing a story for Texas Monthly. He discovered that NASA had archived vast amounts of…
  • Apollo 11 (2019 film)In May 2017, a team led by director Todd Douglas Miller stood before the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland.