NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Maxime "Max" Faget, a mechanical engineer who worked on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, part 2 of 3
- Series
- NOVA
- Episode
- To the Moon
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-h98z893k98
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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
- Maxime "Max" Faget, a mechanical engineer who worked on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, is interviewed about the engineering elements of various NASA programs. Faget discusses the Saturn all-up test and the need for Gemini as a training vehicle for Apollo, as well as the injection of science and scientists in the Apollo program, to which Faget tried to recruit Gene Shoemaker as a head of a science branch for NASA. However, the scientists and engineers had differences of agreement and Shoemaker ended up leaving the program. Faget also describes the period after the Apollo 1 fire, and explains why the fire occurred. Among other points of contention were Lunar Orbit Rendezvous, which Faget did not initially approve of, and the shape of the Mercury capsule, which Faget said some thought was too blunt-shaped, although Faget said it was his pride and joy. Faget describes the design of the Mercury capsule, including its shape and heat shield, and the interview ends with B-Roll of Faget and the Mercury Capsule.
- 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
- 00:23:58
- Credits
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Interviewee: Faget, Maxime, 1921-2004
Interviewee: Faget, Maxime, 1921-2004
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-565c067ad90 (Filename)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:23:59
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Maxime "Max" Faget, a mechanical engineer who worked on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, part 2 of 3 ,” 1998, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-h98z893k98.
- MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Maxime "Max" Faget, a mechanical engineer who worked on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, part 2 of 3 .” 1998. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-h98z893k98>.
- APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Maxime "Max" Faget, a mechanical engineer who worked on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, part 2 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-h98z893k98