Chasing the Moon
It took millions of steps to make one giant leap...
"Chasing the Moon," a film by Robert Stone, reimagines the race to
the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional
mythology surrounding the effort.
The series recasts the Space Age
as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political
calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
Utilizing a visual feast of previously overlooked and lost archival
material - much of which has never before been seen by the public -
the film features a diverse cast of characters who played key roles
in these historic events.
Among those included are,
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astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman and Bill Anders
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Sergei Khrushchev, son of the
former Soviet premier and a leading Soviet rocket engineer
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Poppy
Northcutt, a 25-year old "mathematics whiz" who gained worldwide
attention as the first woman to serve in the all-male bastion of
NASA's Mission Control
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Ed Dwight, the Air Force pilot selected
by the Kennedy administration to train as America's first black
astronaut...
