Overview
National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.
Director and cast
- Buzz Aldrin as Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11 (archive footage)
- Bill Anders as Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)
- Neil Armstrong as Self - Commander, Apollo 11 (archive footage)
- Frank Borman as Self - Commander, Apollo 8 (voice) (archive footage)
- Walter Cronkite as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
- Betty Grissom as Self - Wife of Gus Grissom (archive footage)
- Jim Lovell as Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)
- Walt Disney as Self (archive footage)
- Ward Kimball as Self - Disney Animator (archive footage)
- Wernher von Braun as Self - Rocket Scientist, NASA (archive footage)
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