Show Summary
Discovery Channel chronicles the first 50 years of space travel -- from the first Mercury flights through the Gemini program to the Apollo moon landings, the Space Shuttle, and the construction of the International Space Station -- with this dazzling six-hour documentary series. The series incorporates eyewitness interviews (astronauts John Glenn and Neil Armstrong among them) with original NASA mission footage that has been transferred to high-definition clarity. Actor Gary Sinise, who portrayed astronaut Ken Mattingly in ``Apollo 13,'' narrates.
