Man On The Moon With Walter Cronkite (Blu-ray) (Widescreen)

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This special anniversary 2 DVD set, "Man On The Moon", commemorates 40 years of space exploration by America's NASA astronauts, from the first Mercury missions that successfully launched John Glenn into orbit, to the moon landing, Skylab, the shuttle and beyond. "Man On The Moon" is an opportunity to relive some of Man's greatest achievements. "Man On The Moon" features real-time reporting by Walter Cronkite and CBS News as NASA reached into space to put a man on the moon. from pre-launch preparations to lift off and the culminating achievement of Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin landing on the Sea of Tranquilty, Cronkite and his team give you a front-row seat to history. The Apollo program went on to several more moon landings, but none was more dramatic than the Apollo 13 mission. The words "Houston we have a problem..." have become part of the language since an explosion onboard the Lunar Command Module rocketed the astromauts 200,000 miles into space. Again, Wlater Cronkite is there, as ground control and the astronauts struggle heroically and successfully to return the craft to safety. Episodes include: "Man On The Moon", Houston, We've Got A Problem", "The Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine", "Twenty Five Years Of Progress", "The Eagle Has Landed" and "Time of Apollo".

"Eyewitness Event of Apollo Command Module"; "Houston Astrodome Celebration To Welcome Heroes Home".