It's been forty years since the Apollo 11 mission first put man on the moon. This month BBC America Reveals celebrates space exploration with three new specials giving us access to all aspects of the 'space age' — from James May getting insight on the astronaut experience to learning what life was like for the women behind the first men in space.
- Tuesday
- November 10th at 8/7c
- James May on the Moon
- Top Gear's James May experiences the space program first hand as he takes a ride on the infamous, zero gravity "Vomit Comet" and endures bone-crushing gravitational forces of a simulated rocket launch. Along the way, he takes a look back at the heroes of the Apollo space program as they give their own personal accounts of their long journeys from being test pilots to flying to the moon.
- Tuesday
- November 17th at 8/7c
- Being Neil Armstrong
- Since walking on the moon four decades ago, Neil Armstrong has become increasingly reclusive. Best-selling author Andrew Smith, "Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth," sets out to learn about Armstrong and why he has intentionally faded from the spotlight. Join Smith as he travels across the country talking to the people who know Armstrong best, from his childhood friends to fellow astronauts and technicians who helped get him off Earth and into the history books.
- Tuesday
- November 24th at 8/7c
- Apollo Wives
- Apollo Wives reunites ten extraordinary women — all married to Apollo astronauts and all forced to stand in the shadow of the moon. Together they reveal their remarkable stories about what it meant to be an Apollo wife and what was required of them by their spouses, NASA and the media. Personal stories about how the 'space age' brought them closer together and eventually tore them apart.
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