Chasing the Moon: Teaser

Preview: Season 31 Episode 3 | 1m 3s

Join American Experience and PBS to relive the journey that defined a generation. “Chasing the Moon” recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama, utilizing a feast of previously overlooked and lost archival material.

Aired: 07/08/19

Rating: NR

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Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Consumer Cellular. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Valerie Anders

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Michael Collins: Third man of Apollo 11

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Poppy Northcutt: Return to Earth Specialist

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Wernher Von Braun: Rocket Scientist

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Ed Dwight: First African American Candidate for Space

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