When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: Story, Cast and Series Facts
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008): Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.

Story and premise
Narrated by award-winning actor Gary Sinise, When We Left Earth is the incredible story of humankind's greatest adventure, as it happened, told by the people who were there. From the early quest of the Mercury program to put a man in space, to the historic moon landings, through the Soyuz link-up and the first un-tethered space walk by Bruce McCandless, this is how the space age came of age. The vivid HD series features vintage rushes and all the key onboards filmed by the astronauts themselves. The sequences are captured by cameras onboard the spaceships, enabling the series to tell the stories in a depth never seen before.
Series details
- Title: When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Premiere date: 2008-06-08
- Final broadcast date listed: 2008-06-22
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 17479
- IMDb ID: tt1233514
- TVDB ID: 82232
Cast and credited roles
- Gary Sinise — Narrator
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2008-06-08; final listed air date 2008-06-22.
Source and licence
Adapted from When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions 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.


