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Topic: The Space Age: NASA's Story (PBS series)
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stsmithva
Member Posts: 1238
From: Centreville, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 01-04-2011 08:11 PM
   
A four-part documentary (each part being an hour long) is airing on the Washington-area PBS station WETA starting, well, nine minutes ago. The first episode, "From the Ground Up", will re-air a couple of times this week. It is probably airing on other PBS stations around the country. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 26079
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-04-2011 08:25 PM
This series originally aired on the BBC in 2009 and was produced by Dangerous Films, the same company behind "When We Left Earth" and the docudrama "Moon Shot". A definitive, primetime guide, The Space Age: NASA's Story offers a fresh look at an amazing organisation and mankind's quest to understand the universe. Blending stunningly restored footage with revealing, insightful and engaging interviews with the people who were there - the astronauts, family members and journalists - this is an epic story of the heroes, the triumphs and the tragedies of space exploration. Starting with NASA's beginnings in the Cold War, the series follows the iconic moments of space exploration from the race to get the first man in space to the first steps on the moon. And with triumph and achievement comes risk and disaster, as the series follows the white-knuckle suspense of Apollo 13 and the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. Intelligent, inspiring and accessible, The Space Age is a complete history of mankind's journey into space. |
bobslittlebro
Member Posts: 88
From: Douglasville, Ga U.S.A.
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 01-09-2011 08:58 AM
Starting tonight at 8 PM EST on PBS, four part series on the space age.Editor's note: Threads merged. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 1673
From: Newnan GA (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 01-09-2011 10:29 AM
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Originally posted by bobslittlebro:
Starting tonight
Apparently not in Atlanta...On edit: Apparently, it IS playing in ATL tonite at 8 pm on channel 16 ... yay! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 26079
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-09-2011 10:39 AM
Here in Houston, it starts on Wednesday, Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m. and each episode will be repeated the following Monday night at 10:00. According to the director of programming for HoustonPBS, "this won't be showing everywhere, it's not a PBS program. We had to buy it directly from the BBC." |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1011
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 01-09-2011 11:01 AM
I'm not getting here in Southern New Jersey, which I figured. |
Sam Que
Member Posts: 102
From: Chicago, IL, United States
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 01-10-2011 07:24 PM
Airing in Chicago (WTTW) on Thursday. |
Mike Z
Member Posts: 406
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 02-02-2013 03:04 PM
I missed this on PBS. Does anyone know where it can be purchaced or copied from? |
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