When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions Season 1 Episode 1 Ordinary Supermen 2008
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NASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. NASA and America's first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, are on a journey into the unknown. Six of the men ride into space, each launch taking NASA further forward in their quest to conquer space.
- Released: 2008-06-08
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Gary Sinise, Eugene Cernan
- Director: Richard Dale
