Gene Kranz

A look at the Apollo space program team that came from farms and smokestack towns, but achieved the extraordinary feat of putting a man on the moon.

July 1969: With the world watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin embark on the riskiest mission in history-will they land on the moon abort the mission or die? Using rare restored film and audio their dramatic moon landing is recreated with never-before-seen accuracy and detail.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed that NASA would send astronauts to the Moon by the end of the decade. The Space Race inspired an entire generation to pursue careers in science, technology and engineering, creating the technological boom of the 1990s. As the balance of world power shifted, interest in space exploration declined and NASA became old news. Fight for Space examines the past, present and future of the US Space Program through in-depth interviews with the world’s leading experts on space travel, including astronauts Jim Lovell & Story Musgrave, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, engineers, space industry entrepreneurs and others. Restored film footage from the National Archives and years of historical research take you on an exciting journey from the beginning of NASA, into the future, re-awakening our sense of wonder, discovery and desire to reach for the stars.