When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions The Shuttle (Season 1, Episode 5)
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TV Episode | 49 min | Documentary, History

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

The Shuttle (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV-G

TV Episode | 49 min | Documentary, History

When We Left Earth examines the Space Shuttle Program. It focuses on the first flight of the Columbia, the Challenger disaster, and the launch of the Hubble Space telescope.

Director

Julian Jones

Writer

Ed Fields (series writer)

Producer

Julian Jones

Composer

Richard Blair-Oliphant

Editors

Simon Holland | Chris Wright

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 22, 2008

Release date

Jun 22, 2008 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert L. Crippen Self - Shuttle Pilot Self - Shuttle Pilot See fewer	Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)
John Young Self - Shuttle Commander Self - Shuttle Commander See fewer	The Wonder of it All (2007)
Gene Kranz Self - Missions Operations Director Self - Missions Operations Director See fewer	Failure Is Not an Option (2003)
Story Musgrave Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut See fewer	Mission to Mars (2000)
Robert Gibson Self - Shuttle Commander (as Hoot Gibson) Self - Shuttle Commander (as Hoot Gibson) See fewer	Secret Space Escapes (2015)
Bruce McCandless II Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut See fewer	Max Q (1998)
Jay Barbree Self - Space Correspondant Self - Space Correspondant See fewer	Space Voyages (2013)
Barbara Morgan Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut See fewer	Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)
George Bush Self - 41st President (as George H.W. Bush) Self - 41st President (as George H.W. Bush) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
Ed Weiler Self - Chief Scientist, Hubble Self - Chief Scientist, Hubble See fewer	Nova (1974)
Jeffrey Hoffman Self - Shuttle Astronaut (as Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman) Self - Shuttle Astronaut (as Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman) See fewer	Home Improvement (1991)
Steve Hawley Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut See fewer	Home Improvement (1991)
Kathryn D. Sullivan Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Loren Shriver Self - Shuttle Astronaut Self - Shuttle Astronaut See fewer	When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)
Bill Reeves Self - Flight Director Self - Flight Director See fewer	March to the Moon (2020)
LeRoy Cain Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Christa McAuliffe Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Gary Sinise Narrator Narrator See fewer	Forrest Gump (1994)