When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions (4-Disc Set) [Blu-ray]

Directed by na

IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT, 2008, Blu-ray

Product Description

Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered... Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth and into the great unknown of space! To celebrate 50 years of incredible achievements, the Discovery Channel has partnered with NASA to reveal the epic struggles, tragedies and triumphs in a bold chapter of human history. Along with the candid interviews of the people who made it happen, hundreds of hours of never-before-seen film footage from the NASA archives - including sequences on board the actual spacecraft in flight - have been carefully restored, edited and compiled for this landmark collection.
*Original NASA footage digitally remastered in high-definition featuring exclusive;''never before seen''; footage
*4 hours of bonus footage not seen in TV broadcast.

Product Details

Title: When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions (4-Disc Set) [Blu-ray]
Sales Rank: 315 in DVD
Actor: When We Left Earth
Director: na
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT, 2008-09-30, Theatrical Release: 2008
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Surround Sound, Widescreen, Acpect Ratio 1.78:1
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 258 minutes
Package Dimensions: 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches, 0.4 pounds

Customer Reviews

Geat NASA documentry: This is a great NASA documentry. Some of the footage was totally new, and the fact that it was in HiDef made it all the better. Even the old footage looked better, and of course the newer footage was amazing.… More reviews

Complete: Great video and great interviews. The interviews provide a lot of background for those TV images that we all saw.… More reviews

historical footage, but only a part is really HD: The availability of so many footages in a package makes this edition a "must have" . However, the edition does not really take advantage of the blu ray format. Too many files are simply pasted on the disc, and frankly enough, there is no bonus havio=ng a Blu ray vs. a DVD, or in some cases a VHS. Only the last shutle missions are to what… More reviews

Best documentary set yet on the NASA missions: Of all the DVD sets out there documenting the history of NASA, I think this one is the best of them (and I've seen them all, I think.)
Firstly, the interviews with the surviving astronauts are wonderful. All of them are human, funny, honest, interesting and have new things to say. Neil Armstrong showing us his dry wit… More reviews

NASA: Very historial back ground which is the best. Needs more new event happening today such as the space station and mission to mars.… More reviews