Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could lead to the ultimate disaster. This film recreates the tensions that were felt not only by the three astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, but also by their families and by the teams of technicians training to deal with anything that could go wrong.
Production
Period-accurate NASA control room chaos hits different.
Acting
Carmen Argenziano's stressed-out administrator steals scenes.
Director
Norberto Barba
Carmen Argenziano
Tom Paine
Tuck Milligan
Martin Wells
Dennis Lipscomb
George Low
Jack Conley
Deke Slayton
Michael Chieffo
Dr. Charles Berry
Jeffrey Nordling
Neil Armstrong
James Parks
Man at Bar
Barbara Whinnery
Lola Morrow
Wendie Malick
Pat Collins
Jim Metzler
Mike Collins
Jane Kaczmarek
Jan Armstrong
Maureen Mueller
Joan Aldrin
Xander Berkeley
Buzz Aldrin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This TV movie premiered just months before Apollo 13's theatrical release, making it the forgotten space panic of 1995.
Made during the 'documentary drama' boom of mid-90s cable television, when History Channel actually made original content.
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