NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with James "Jim" Lovell, Frank Borman, and William "Bill" Anders, astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission, part 1 of 2

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Series
NOVA
Episode
To the Moon
Raw Footage
Interview with James "Jim" Lovell, Frank Borman, and William "Bill" Anders, astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission, part 1 of 2
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-4j09w0b245
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Description
Program Description
This remarkably crafted program covers the full range of participants in the Apollo project, from the scientists and engineers who promoted bold ideas about the nature of the Moon and how to get there, to the young geologists who chose the landing sites and helped train the crews, to the astronauts who actually went - not once or twice, but six times, each to a more demanding and interesting location on the Moon's surface. "To The Moon" includes unprecedented footage, rare interviews, and presents a magnificent overview of the history of man and the Moon. To the Moon aired as NOVA episode 2610 in 1999.
Raw Footage Description
Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders, former NASA astronauts who served on the Apollo 8 mission, are interviewed about their time on Apollo 8, including their shared toothbrush and meeting with Charles Lindbergh on the day before the launch. The Apollo 8 change of mission and the secrecy around it is also discussed, as are medical issues like Borman's sickness and Anders' inability to sleep during the mission. The crew jokes about issues that were made during Apollo 8, and the tape ends with a segment with the missing introduction from part one of this tape.
Created Date
1998
Asset type
Raw Footage
Genres
Interview
Topics
Technology
Science
History
Subjects
Gemini; astronaut; Space; American History; apollo; moon
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:28:36
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Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-c97c8ccc937 (Filename)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:28:36
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Citations
Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with James "Jim" Lovell, Frank Borman, and William "Bill" Anders, astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission, part 1 of 2 ,” 1998, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 18, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-4j09w0b245.
MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with James "Jim" Lovell, Frank Borman, and William "Bill" Anders, astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission, part 1 of 2 .” 1998. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 18, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-4j09w0b245>.
APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with James "Jim" Lovell, Frank Borman, and William "Bill" Anders, astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission, part 1 of 2 . Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-4j09w0b245