From The Earth To The Moon, We Have Cleared The Tower

New astronauts undertake a series of risky and groundbreaking earth-orbit missions.

Learn about the pre-launch fire that killed astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee, severely threatening the Apollo program.

Follow the final preparations for the first manned Apollo launch.

America is deep in turmoil and social upheaval with the Vietnam War raging, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinated, urban riots exploding - and the Apollo 8 crew in historic lunar orbit during the Christmas holiday.

Learn about the lunar module, whose unique story is traced from sketch-pad origins to its shake-out during the Apollo 9 flight, in which two manned vessels linked up in space for the very first time.

The glare of the public eye, conflicts among the crew, disastrous simulations, and a series of harrowing last-minute crises threaten the Apollo 11 astronauts' success.