Series
NOVA
Episode
To the Moon
Raw Footage
Interview with Glynn Lunney, NASA engineer and flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, part 3 of 4
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-t43hx1738b
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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
Glynn Lunney, NASA engineer and flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, is interviewed about the earlier Apollo missions. Lunney talks about the circumstances of Apollo 7, and his initial interactions with lunar scientists, as well as his high opinion of Apollo 8's significance to the Apollo program, and his reaction to hearing about the Apollo 8 flight mission. On the Apollo 12 landing site, Lunney talks about his reaction to the choice, and the geologists' opposition to the site, and explains how the landing sites are selected. Lunney describes the timeline of the Apollo 13 crisis and the technical issues that took place, including issues with the trajectory, heat, carbon dioxide, and the spacecraft's return to Earth, and explains the issues and Mission Control's reactions and solutions to these issues.
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
00:22:54
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Credits
Interviewee: Lunney, Glynn, 1936-
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-3ab3d402764 (Filename)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:22:54
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Citations
Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Glynn Lunney, NASA engineer and flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, part 3 of 4 ,” 1998, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 6, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-t43hx1738b.
MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Glynn Lunney, NASA engineer and flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, part 3 of 4 .” 1998. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 6, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-t43hx1738b>.
APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Glynn Lunney, NASA engineer and flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, part 3 of 4 . 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-t43hx1738b