NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Carolyn Shoemaker, Astronomer, part 3 of 3
- Series
- NOVA
- Episode
- To the Moon
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-dv1cj88t0q
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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
- Carolyn Shoemaker, Astronomer credited with discovering or co-discovering 800 asteroids and 32 comets, is interviewed about husband Gene Shoemaker's role in introducing geology to the NASA program. Gene wanted to make the space missions more effective, and emphasized the importance of having scientists on the surface of the moon during later Apollo missions. Gene returned to NASA for the Clementine Mission, but was disappointed with the later J-missions because of the lack of scientist-astronauts, although the missions to the moon brought back lunar samples that helped Gene and other scientists learn about impact craters, the lunar timeline, and the origins of the solar system. Had Gene been alive, Carolyn guessed that he would be studying life on other planets, and the existence of water on other moons and planets in the solar system.
- 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
- 00:16:11
- Credits
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Interviewee: Shoemaker, Carolyn, 1929-
Interviewee: Shoemaker, Carolyn, 1929-
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-344eec3c676 (Filename)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:16:11
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Carolyn Shoemaker, Astronomer, part 3 of 3,” 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-dv1cj88t0q.
- MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Carolyn Shoemaker, Astronomer, part 3 of 3.” 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-dv1cj88t0q>.
- APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Carolyn Shoemaker, Astronomer, part 3 of 3. 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-dv1cj88t0q