Apollo: Missions To The Moon shares rare NASA footage and interviews that capture the mission to land Americans on the moon. Here's the story about how this documentary came together. | National Geographic TV

In 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to our lunar neighbor. Crew members later recalled, the most important thing they discovered was Earth. Transport back in time with this montage of footage from the Apollo 8 mission to celebrating our #Apollo50 anniversary: https://go.nasa.gov/2EIThY2 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

11K views · 287 reactions | On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/ez1ouH The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of the U.S. space program. Apollo 1 was supposed to be the first flight that NASA would conduct to prepare for a crewed landing on the moon. Less than a month before their planned launch date, a fire erupted inside