Series based on America's Apollo space program from 1961 to 1972. Episodes include: the birth of the space program; the probe into the fatal launch-pad blaze of Apollo 1, January 27, 1967; the countdown to launch Apollo 7, October 1968; the first moon orbit by Apollo 8, December 1968; Apollos 9 and 10, March and May 1969; the first lunar landing by Apollo 11, July 1969; the life of a lunar astronaut of Apollo 12, November 1969; the media's tabloidization of troubled mission Apollo 13, April 1970; Alan Shepard's return to space with Apollo 14, January - February 1971; Apollo 15, July - August 1971; the story of the astronauts' wives and children; and Apollo 17, the final mission, December 1972.