
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions DVD cover.
Documentary Series (2008)
Starring:
Gary Sinise (Narrator)
Gene Kranz (Himself)
Jim Lovell (Himself)
Eugene Cernan (Himself)
Series documenting the history of NASA's space missions.
Episode 1: Everyday Supermen[]
Boeing NB-52B Balls 8[]
Registration 52-0008, built in 1955. Carrying the X-15.

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.


Boeing VC-137C Air Force One[]

Serial # 62-6000 (tail code 26000) Boeing VC-137C Air Force One.
Chrysler Mercury Redstone[]


Convair Atlas LV-3B[]


Convair F-106 Delta Dart[]

Douglas C-118 Liftmaster[]


Douglas C-124 Globemaster II[]

Douglas DC-7[]
A Lockheed L-188 Electra would shows part of the tail fin, then it's either a DC-6 or a DC-7 from American Airlines.

Douglas DC-7 of American Airlines.
Grumman C-1 Trader & Grumman S-2 Tracker[]
Aircrafts with CD tail code and orange dayglo panels are the C-1 Trader.Those with AV tail code and search light in the leading edge are the S-2 Tracker.

Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger[]
US Navy aerobatic team Blue Angels transitioned to the supersonic Grumman F11F-1 Tiger in 1957, first flying the short-nosed, and then the long-nosed versions.
Same footage in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger Blue Angels of the US Navy.

Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger Blue Angels of the US Navy.
Grumman HU-16 Albatross[]

Lockheed P-2 Neptune[]

Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star[]

NASA Paresev 1-A[]
Experimental NASA built aircraft; Paresev stands for Paraglider Research Vehicle.



North American X-15A[]

North American X-15A-3, s/n 56-6672, slung under the wing of one of the two Boeing NB-52.




With Lockheed F-104 Starfighter chase plane.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

North American X-15A-3, s/n 56-6672.
Piasecki HUP Retriever[]



Sikorsky CH-37C Mojave (HR2S-1)[]
C/n 56-103, serial 145867 of Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron (Medium) 461 "Iron Horse". Registration later changed to N93017. Scrapped at Allied scrapyard by March 2010.

56-103 Sikorsky CH-37C Mojave of HMR(M)-461 of the United States Marine Corps.

56-103 Sikorsky CH-37C Mojave of HMR(M)-461 of the United States Marine Corps.
Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse[]

Recovery of Freedom 7.

Recovery of Freedom 7.

Recovery of Liberty Bell 7.

Recovery of Liberty Bell 7.

Recovery of Liberty Bell 7.

Recovery of Liberty Bell 7.
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King[]

Recovery of Aurora 7.

Recovery of Aurora 7.
Various Aircraft[]
Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorses and COD aircraft on the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39).


Saturn I[]

Chrysler Juno II[]
Footage of the 16 July 1959 launch failure of a Juno II rocket (serial AM-16) carrying the satellite Explorer S-1 at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5.
Same footage in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).

Various Rockets[]


General Dynamics/Convair SM-65 Atlas II ICBM[]

Unidentified Aircraft[]

Episode 2: Friends and Rivals[]
Boeing B-47 Stratojet[]

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker[]

Convair C-131B Samaritan[]

Probably 53-7823.


Baptised "How High The Moon" from a standart of Les Paul.


"How High The Moon".
Lockheed McDonnell Agena Target Vehicle[]

Martin Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle)[]




McDonnell Gemini Capsule[]
A view of the Gemini 7 capsule from the Gemini 6A capsule during the first manned space rendezvous. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.


Sikorsky SH-3 in the background.
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King[]





Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King[]

Episode 3: Landing the Eagle[]
Bell Aerosystems Lunar Landing Research Vehicle[]




Grumman Lunar Module[]

LM-3, used on Apollo 9 mission. Nicknamed Spider.

LM-3, used on Apollo 9 mission. Nicknamed Spider.

LM-4, used on Apollo 10 mission. Nicknamed Snoopy.

LM-5, used on Apollo 11 mission. Nicknamed Eagle.

LM-5, used on Apollo 11 mission. Nicknamed Eagle.
North American Apollo Command/Service Module[]

CSM-103, used in Apollo 8 mission.

CSM-104, used in Apollo 9 mission. Nicknamed Gumdrop.

CSM-106, used in Apollo 10 mission. Nicknamed Charlie Brown.

CSM-107, used in Apollo 11 mission. Nicknamed Columbia.

CSM-107, used in Apollo 11 mission. Nicknamed Columbia.
Northrop T-38 Talon[]





Saturn V Apollo[]

Apollo 8.

Apollo 8.

Apollo 8.

Apollo 8.

Apollo 10.

Apollo 11.

Apollo 11.

Apollo 11.
Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King[]


Episode 4: The Explorers[]
Grumman Lunar Module[]

LM-6, used in Apollo 12 mission. Nicknamed Intrepid.

LM-8, used in Apollo 14 mission. Nicknamed Antares.

LM-11, used in Apollo 16 mission. Nicknamed Orion.

LM-12, used in Apollo 17 mission. Nicknamed Challenger.

LM-12, used in Apollo 17 mission. Nicknamed Challenger.
North American Apollo Command/Service Module[]

CSM-109, used in Apollo 13 mission. Nicknamed Odyssey.

CSM-110, used in Apollo 14 mission. Nicknamed Kitty Hawk.

Used in one of the Skylab missions.
Saturn IB[]


Saurn V Apollo[]

Apollo 13.

Apollo 13.

Apollo 16.

Apollo 17.

Skylab 1.
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King[]


Recovery of Apollo 13.

Recovery of Apollo 13.

Recovery of Apollo 13.
Skylab Space Station[]


Episode 5: The Shuttle[]
Boeing 747-123 SCA & Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-101 Enterprise[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Boeing 747-123 SCA reg. N905NA with the Space Shuttle loaded.





With a Northrop T-38 Talon chase plane.
Boeing VC-137C Air Force One[]

Probably serial # 72-7000 (tail code 72000).
Hubble Space Telescope[]



Lockheed F-104 Starfighter[]

Lockheed Manned Maneuvering Unit[]




Northrop T-38 Talon[]

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On the far right of the picture.
Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-101 Enterprise[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).





Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-102 Columbia[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).



Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-099 Challenger[]




Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-103 Discovery[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).





Episode 6: A Home in Space[]
Bell UH-1H Iroquois[]

With Space Shuttle Discovery in the background.
Hubble Space Telescope[]




International Space Station[]





Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-102 Columbia[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).


Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-103 Discovery[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).





Rockwell Space Shuttle OV-105 Endeavour[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).




Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk[]

Soyuz FG []

Soyuz-TMA[]

Proton (Russian Rocket)[]


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