NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Leon "Lee" Silver and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt at Sunset Crater, part 1 of 2
- Series
- NOVA
- Episode
- To the Moon
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Leon "Lee" Silver and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt at Sunset Crater, part 1 of 2
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-8g8ff3n45z
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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
- Footage of Johnson Space Center and Sunset Crater, B-Roll. Includes footage of the entrance and walkways of the Johnson Space Center, and footage of Sunset Crater. Footage also includes B-roll of Leon Silver at Sunset Crater. Leon "Lee" Silver, W.M. Keck Foundation Professor for Resource Geology, emeritus, at Caltech, is interviewed about the geology of Sunset Crater and the training of the astronauts at the site. Silver says the astronauts were "the best" and very strong observers, and describes the formation of Sunset Crater and its significance to understanding the volcanic origins of the moon. Silver shows a sample of "vesicular basalt" rock from the crater and demonstrates how the volcanic pressures and gases created the rock, and recalls Apollo 15's discovery of a similar rock from along the Hadley Rill. Silver is joined by Jack Schmitt, who talks about his role in training the astronauts of the Apollo 13 mission, and Silver discusses how Jack Schmitt brought him on board as a geological teacher.
- Created Date
- 1998
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- History
- Technology
- Science
- Subjects
- American History; Gemini; apollo; moon; Space; astronaut
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:24:26
- Credits
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Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Speaker: Schmitt, Harrison "Jack", 1935-
Speaker: Silver, Leon "Lee" Theodore, 1925-
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-93a89df80fa (Filename)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:24:26
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Leon "Lee" Silver and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt at Sunset Crater, part 1 of 2 ,” 1998, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 10, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-8g8ff3n45z.
- MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Leon "Lee" Silver and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt at Sunset Crater, part 1 of 2 .” 1998. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 10, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-8g8ff3n45z>.
- APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Leon "Lee" Silver and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt at Sunset Crater, 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-15-8g8ff3n45z