Moon Shot: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Academy Award®-nominated director Orlando von Einsiedel, Executive Producer J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot and Epic Digital have joined forces with Google and XPRIZE to create a documentary web series about the people competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE. The Google Lunar XPRIZE is the largest prize competition of all time with a reward of $30 million and aims to incentivize entrepreneurs to create a new era of affordable access to the Moon and beyond, while inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers. This character-driven, emotional, awe-inspiring series of 9 short films will follow a selection of the teams currently racing to complete their missions. It will explore the lives of their charismatic, quirky members, the sacrifices they have made to get to where they are today, and crucially, what drives them on this incredible journey.

Series details

• Title: Moon Shot
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-03-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-03-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Google Play
• Typical episode runtime: 9 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13719

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-03-15; final listed air date 2016-03-15; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from Moon Shot on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.