For NASA’s 50th birthday, Dangerous presents the dramatic story of the space agency’s pioneering, awe-inspiring missions.

Stories include heroic struggles to break the sound barrier to the Apollo-Soyuz link-up and the Shuttle’s recovery from disaster.

This is the story of NASA’s incredible first 50 years, seen for the first time in HD. Every day looks as fresh as today, every launch looks like the latest launch, and every smile lasts forever. This is history as it happened from the people who made it happen.

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REVIEWS

Space.com - “nothing short of spectacular”

Space.com - “you'll find yourself not wanting to leave the TV, let alone the planet.”

LA Times - “An unofficial follow-up to last year's blockbuster “Planet Earth,” it has been made to gladden the hearts of owners of High Definition televisions and will possibly inspire their purchase by others.”

LA Times - “Spacecraft and spacemen, sharp-edged and glowing, exploring the surface of the moon, or floating in the crystal-clear stillness of space, sailing along at 17,000 miles an hour, the Earth spinning beneath them -- I mean, wow.”

LA Times - “NASA unlocks its 'secret film vaults' and awe-inspiring astronauts take us back to the space race”

LINKS
WHEN WE LEFT EARTH: THE NASA MISSIONS Discovery Channel Site
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