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Apollo: Missions to the Moon

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

20197.31h 34m

Overview

National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.

Directed by Tom Jennings
Written by Tom Jennings
Produced by Abe Scheuermann, Chris Morcom
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Top Cast

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin

Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11 (archive footage)

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Bill Anders

Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Self - Commander, Apollo 11 (archive footage)

Frank Borman

Frank Borman

Self - Commander, Apollo 8 (voice) (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self - CBS News (archive footage)

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Betty Grissom

Self - Wife of Gus Grissom (archive footage)

Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell

Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

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Ward Kimball

Self - Disney Animator (archive footage)

Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

Self - Rocket Scientist, NASA (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

moonnasaspaceastronautapollo program

About Apollo: Missions to the Moon

Apollo: Missions to the Moon is a documentary, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of moon, nasa, space, astronaut, apollo program. Directed by Tom Jennings, it stars Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Neil Armstrong. National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.

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