Next mission · Episode 1 · 1962
FLIGHT CONTROLLER #27
Two Soviets have already circled the Earth. America has only hopped to space and back.
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Crisis1962
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Episode 1
Friendship 7: A Real Fireball
John Glenn orbits Earth — and a warning light says his heat shield is loose.
🎬 ~7 min· 🎖️ Flight Director
Crisis1966
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Episode 2
Gemini 8: Wild Ride
First docking in space — then a spin toward blackout. Save the crew.
🎬 ~8 min· 🎖️ Flight Director
Triumph1968
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Episode 3
Apollo 8: To the Moon for Christmas
First humans to leave Earth — fire the engine blind behind the Moon, and discover the Earth.
🎬 ~9 min· 🎖️ Flight Director
Triumph1969
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Episode 4
Apollo 11: The Eagle Has Landed
Alarms screaming, fuel almost gone — land the first humans on the Moon.
🎬 ~8 min· 🎖️ Flight Director
Triumph1969
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Episode 5
Apollo 12: SCE to Aux
Lightning strikes the Moon rocket — and one calm voice, remembering one obscure switch, saves the mission.
🎬 ~7 min· 🎖️ Flight Director
Crisis1970
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Episode 6
Apollo 13: Bring Them Home
200,000 miles out, an oxygen tank explodes. You run the room.
🎬 ~9 min· 🎖️ Flight Director
Crisis1993
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Episode 7
Hubble Rescue: Giving the Telescope Its Sight
A $2-billion telescope is nearsighted. Fix it in orbit — five spacewalks, no margin.
🎬 ~8 min· 🎖️ Flight Director
Crisis2012
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Episode 8
Curiosity: Seven Minutes of Terror
Land a one-ton nuclear rover on Mars with a rocket-powered sky crane — autonomously, on a 14-minute delay.
🎬 ~7 min· 🎖️ EDL Engineer
Discovery2015
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Episode 9
New Horizons: The Heart of Pluto
After nine and a half years and three billion miles, the last unexplored planet finally reveals itself — and it is alive.
🎬 ~7 min· 🎖️ Mission Scientist
Discovery2022
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Episode 10
JWST: First Light
Become a Webb scientist — read the universe's oldest light, an alien sky, and the birth of stars.
🎬 ~8 min· 🎖️ Mission Scientist
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