Curated category
Films about astronauts
- Moonshot (2009 film)On the 20th of July 1969, a Lunar Module named Eagle touched down on the surface of the Moon. This event marked the culmination of years of intense…
- 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…
- 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…
- 2001: A Space OdysseyStanley Kubrick told a publicist from Columbia Pictures in 1964 that his next project would be about extraterrestrial life.
- 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.
- Apollo 13 (film)On the third day of their journey to the Moon, an electrical short circuit caused a liquid oxygen tank to explode inside the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
- Apollo 18 (film)In December 1974, the Apollo Lunar Module Liberty touched down on a dark sector of the Moon. Commander Nathan Walker and Captain Ben Anderson planted an…