NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 2 of 4
- Series
- NOVA
- Episode
- To the Moon
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 2 of 4
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-1z41r6p423
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- Description
- Program Description
- This remarkably crafted program covers the full range of participants in the Apollo project, from the scientists and engineers who promoted bold ideas about the nature of the Moon and how to get there, to the young geologists who chose the landing sites and helped train the crews, to the astronauts who actually went - not once or twice, but six times, each to a more demanding and interesting location on the Moon's surface. "To The Moon" includes unprecedented footage, rare interviews, and presents a magnificent overview of the history of man and the Moon. To the Moon aired as NOVA episode 2610 in 1999.
- Raw Footage Description
- Buzz Aldrin, engineer and former NASA astronaut, is interviewed about his career, and the test-pilot and astronaut corps cultures. Aldrin also explains various Apollo mission objectives, and discusses preparations for Apollo 11 and his misidentification of a rock as "biotite". The final five minutes is a segment from the interview with Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders, and includes discussions of the crew's focus during training, the decision to read from Genesis on their Christmas Eve Broadcast, and the Apollo 8 spacecraft technology.
- Created Date
- 1998-00-00
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- History
- Technology
- Science
- Subjects
- American History; Gemini; apollo; moon; Space; astronaut
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:27:08
- Credits
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Interviewee: Aldrin, Buzz, 1930-
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 195214 (barcode)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:27:08
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Identifier: cpb-aacip-15-1z41r6p423.mp4 (mediainfo)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:27:08
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 2 of 4 ,” 1998-00-00, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 25, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-1z41r6p423.
- MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 2 of 4 .” 1998-00-00. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-1z41r6p423>.
- APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Buzz Aldrin, engineer and astronaut, and lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, part 2 of 4 . Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-1z41r6p423