Chasing the MoonSeries 1Episodes Episode guide

Back up to: Chasing the Moon

1. Magnificent Desolation - Part 2

   6/6The world gathers around its television sets to watch Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
2. Magnificent Desolation - Part 1

   5/6The space race takes a new twist as US astronauts compete to be the first man on the moon.
3. Earthrise - Part 2

   4/6Within two years of the Apollo 1 tragedy, America sent a manned flight to the moon.
4. Earthrise - Part 1

   3/6A training exercise ends in tragedy, risking the future of the entire US space programme.
5. A Place Beyond the Sky - Part 2

   2/6How America's space exploration technology caught up with the Soviet Union's.
6. A Place Beyond the Sky - Part 1

   1/6America's race to the moon begins with Soviet Russia's launch of Sputnik 1.