When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions DVD cover.

Documentary Series (2008)

Starring:
Gary Sinise (Narrator)
Gene Kranz (Himself)
Jim Lovell (Himself)
Eugene Cernan (Himself)

Series documenting the history of NASA's space missions.

Episode 1: Everyday Supermen

Boeing NB-52B Balls 8

Registration 52-0008, built in 1955. Carrying the X-15.

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Boeing VC-137 Air Force One

Chrysler Mercury Redstone

Convair Atlas LV-3B

Convair F-106 Delta Dart

Douglas C-118 Liftmaster

Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

Douglas DC-7

A Lockheed L-188 Electra would shows part of the tail fin, then it's either a DC-6 or a DC-7 from American Airlines.

Douglas DC-7 of American Airlines

Grumman C-1 Trader & Grumman S-2 Tracker

Aircrafts with CD tail code and orange dayglo panels are the C-1 Trader.Those with AV tail code and search light in the leading edge are the S-2 Tracker.

Grumman F-11 Tiger

Grumman HU-16 Albatross

Lockheed P-2 Neptune

Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

NASA Paresev 1-A

Experimental NASA built aircraft, Paresev = Paraglider Research Vehicle.

North American X-15A

North American X-15A-3, s/n 56-6672, slung under the wing of one of the two Boeing NB-52.

With Lockheed F-104 Starfighter chase plane.

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

North American X-15A-3, s/n 56-6672.

Piasecki HUP Retriever

Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave

Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse

Recovery of Freedom 7.

Recovery of Freedom 7.

Recovery of Liberty Bell 7.

Recovery of Liberty Bell 7.

Recovery of Liberty Bell 7.

Recovery of Liberty Bell 7.

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

Recovery of Aurora 7.

Recovery of Aurora 7.

Various Aircraft

Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorses and COD aircraft on the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39).

Various Rockets

Unidentified Aircraft

Episode 2: Friends and Rivals

Boeing B-47 Stratojet

Boeing KC-135

Convair C-131B Samaritan

Probably 53-7823.

Baptised "How High The Moon" from a standart of Les Paul.

"How High The Moon".

Lockheed McDonnell Agena Target Vehicle

Martin Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle)

McDonnell Gemini Capsule

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King

Episode 3: Landing the Eagle

Bell Aerosystems Lunar Landing Research Vehicle

Grumman Lunar Module

LM-3, used on Apollo 9 mission. Nicknamed Spider.

LM-3, used on Apollo 9 mission. Nicknamed Spider.

LM-4, used on Apollo 10 mission. Nicknamed Snoopy.

LM-5, used on Apollo 11 mission. Nicknamed Eagle.

LM-5, used on Apollo 11 mission. Nicknamed Eagle.

North American Apollo Command/Service Module

CSM-103, used in Apollo 8 mission.

CSM-104, used in Apollo 9 mission. Nicknamed Gumdrop.

CSM-106, used in Apollo 10 mission. Nicknamed Charlie Brown.

CSM-107, used in Apollo 11 mission. Nicknamed Columbia.

CSM-107, used in Apollo 11 mission. Nicknamed Columbia.

Northrop T-38 Talon

Saturn V Apollo

Apollo 8.

Apollo 8.

Apollo 8.

Apollo 8.

Apollo 10.

Apollo 11.

Apollo 11.

Apollo 11.

Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King

Episode 4: The Explorers

Grumman Lunar Module

LM-6, used in Apollo 12 mission. Nicknamed Intrepid.

LM-8, used in Apollo 14 mission. Nicknamed Antares.

LM-11, used in Apollo 16 mission. Nicknamed Orion.

LM-12, used in Apollo 17 mission. Nicknamed Challenger.

LM-12, used in Apollo 17 mission. Nicknamed Challenger.

North American Apollo Command/Service Module

CSM-109, used in Apollo 13 mission. Nicknamed Odyssey.

CSM-110, used in Apollo 14 mission. Nicknamed Kitty Hawk.

Used in one of the Skylab missions.

Saturn IB

Saurn V Apollo

Apollo 13.

Apollo 13.

Apollo 16.

Apollo 17.

Skylab 1.

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

Recovery of Apollo 13.

Recovery of Apollo 13.

Recovery of Apollo 13.

Skylab Space Station

Episode 5: The Shuttle

Boeing 747-123 SCA & Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-101 Enterprise

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Boeing 747-123 SCA reg. N905NA with the Space Shuttle loaded.

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With a Northrop T-38 Talon chase plane.

Boeing VC-137

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Hubble Space Telescope

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

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NASA Manned Maneuvering Unit

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Northrop T-38 Talon

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On the far right of the picture.

Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-101 Enterprise

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-102 Columbia

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-099 Challenger

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-103 Discovery

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Episode 6: A Home in Space

Bell UH-1H Iroquois

With Space Shuttle Discovery in the background.

Hubble Space Telescope

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International Space Station

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-102 Columbia

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-103 Discovery

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-105 Endeavour

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

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Soyuz-TMA

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Unidentified Russian Rocket

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See also

• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions at IMDb
• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions at Wikipedia