NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director, part 1 of 5
- Series
- NOVA
- Episode
- To the Moon
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-p55db7x161
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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
- Gene Kranz, aerospace engineer and retired NASA Flight Director and manager, is interviewed about the Gemini program's role as a stepping-stone to the moon. Gemini enabled the engineers and mission control team to learn about the necessities of space flight.
- 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
- 00:02:26
- Credits
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Interviewee: Kranz, Eugene "Gene", 1933-
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 52052 (barcode)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:02:26
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Identifier: cpb-aacip-15-p55db7x161.mp4 (mediainfo)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:02:26
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director, part 1 of 5,” 1998-00-00, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 20, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-p55db7x161.
- MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director, part 1 of 5.” 1998-00-00. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 20, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-p55db7x161>.
- APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director, part 1 of 5. 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-p55db7x161