NASA: Triumph and Tragedy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In 2009, NASA celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. This documentary series offers audiences a unique chance to glimpse an astronaut's view of space flight. It is an epic story of heroes and their breathtaking successes as they further humanity's innate desire to explore. To land a human being on another celestial body is the first step to living beyond our planet. The breathless pace and daring of the Apollo program sees NASA master previously unimagined tasks in an attempt to achieve the most incredible accomplishment in the history of human endeavour.

Series details

• Title: NASA: Triumph and Tragedy
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2009-06-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-07-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Four
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23815
• TVDB ID: 104131

Cast and credited roles

• Alisdair Simpson — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-06-24; final listed air date 2009-07-01; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

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