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Discovery Channel premieres “When We Left Earth” |
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by William Atkins
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Friday, 06 June 2008 |
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Page 1 of 2 The Discovery Channel premieres the new NASA high-definition series “When We Left Earth: The NASA Mission,” beginning at 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Sunday, June 8, 2008.
Check out the Discovery Channel website “When We Left Earth" for a preview video, along with various other space related activities and information.
The promo for the series on the Discovery Channel states:
“When We Left Earth is the story of mankind’s greatest adventure, leaving the earth and living in space. For the first time this series has digitally re-mastered the original film and audio recordings from NASA’s vault, including and all the key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts themselves."
The description continues:
"From John Glenn's Mercury mission to orbit the earth, to Neil Armstrong’s first historic steps on the moon, to the unprecedented spacewalks required to repair the Hubble telescope, these epic stories are shown in stunning clarity and told by the astronauts and engineers who were there.”
The Discovery Channel will show “When We Left Earth” in the following series of space milestones. Please turn the page.
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