When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

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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.

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Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

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Boeing VC-137C Air Force One

Serial # 62-6000 (tail code 26000) Boeing VC-137C Air Force One.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

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Chrysler Mercury Redstone

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Convair Atlas LV-3B

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Convair F-106 Delta Dart

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Douglas C-118 Liftmaster

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Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

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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.

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Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger

US Navy aerobatic team Blue Angels transitioned to the supersonic Grumman F11F-1 Tiger in 1957, first flying the short-nosed, and then the long-nosed versions.
Same footage in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger Blue Angels of the US Navy.
Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger Blue Angels of the US Navy.

Grumman HU-16 Albatross

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Lockheed P-2 Neptune

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Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

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NASA Paresev 1-A

Experimental NASA built aircraft; Paresev stands for Paraglider Research Vehicle.

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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.
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With a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter chase plane.

Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

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

Piasecki HUP Retriever

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Sikorsky CH-37C Mojave (HR2S-1)

C/n 56-103, serial 145867 of Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron (Medium) 461 "Iron Horse". Registration later changed to N93017. Scrapped at Allied scrapyard by March 2010.

56-103 Sikorsky CH-37C Mojave of HMR(M)-461 of the United States Marine Corps.
56-103 Sikorsky CH-37C Mojave of HMR(M)-461 of the United States Marine Corps.

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).

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Saturn I

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Chrysler Juno II

Footage of the 16 July 1959 launch failure of a Juno II rocket (serial AM-16) carrying the satellite Explorer S-1 at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5.
Same footage in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).

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Various Rockets

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General Dynamics/Convair SM-65 Atlas II ICBM

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Unidentified Aircraft

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Episode 2: Friends and Rivals

Boeing B-47 Stratojet

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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

N930NA or N931NA ?

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Convair C-131B Samaritan

Convair C-131B Samaritan s/n 53-7823 baptised "How High The Moon" from a standart of Les Paul. To MASDC May 8, 1975 as CS027. To civil registry as N1360Y. Scrapped in 1993.

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Lockheed McDonnell Agena Target Vehicle

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Martin Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle)

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McDonnell Gemini Capsule

A view of the Gemini 7 capsule from the Gemini 6A capsule during the first manned space rendezvous. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Sikorsky SH-3 in the background.

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

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Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King

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Episode 3: Landing the Eagle

Bell Aerosystems Lunar Landing Research Vehicle

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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

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Saturn V Apollo

Apollo 8.
Apollo 8.
Apollo 8.
Apollo 8.
Apollo 10.
Apollo 11.
Apollo 11.
Apollo 11.

Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King

BuNo 152711 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King c/n 61377 of HS-4, U.S. Navy used in Apollo 8 recovery.
Same helicopter in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).

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Another Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King.

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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

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Saurn V Apollo

Apollo 13.
Apollo 13.
Apollo 16.
Apollo 17.
Skylab 1.

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

BuNo 152711 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King c/n 61377 code 66.
Recovery of Apollo 13.
Recovery of Apollo 13.
Recovery of Apollo 13. 66 is adorn with five capsule symbols -testimony of the Apollo 13 splashdown- as seen between the two red helmets.

Skylab Space Station

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Episode 5: The Shuttle

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

The Space Shuttle Enterprise mounted atop its modified Boeing 747-123 SCA carrier aircraft registered N905NA.
Same Boeing in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

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With a Northrop T-38 Talon chase plane :

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Boeing VC-137C Air Force One

Probably serial # 72-7000 (tail code 72000).

Hubble Space Telescope

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Lockheed F-104A or Lockheed F-104N ?

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Lockheed Manned Maneuvering Unit

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Northrop T-38A-65-NO Talon

The closest is Northrop T-38A-65-NO Talon reg. N920NA serial 66-8386 before being registered to NASA on 10 September 1969 as N920NS; reregistered later as N920NA. Was later upgraded and modernized to T-38N following NASA requirements.

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On the far right of the picture.

Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-101 Enterprise

Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Vehicules).

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-102 Columbia

Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Vehicules).

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-099 Challenger

Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Vehicules).

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-103 Discovery

Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Vehicules).

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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 Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Vehicules).

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-103 Discovery

Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Vehicules).

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Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-105 Endeavour

Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Vehicules).

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Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

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Soyuz FG

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Soyuz-TMA

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Proton (Russian Rocket)

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