Discovery Channels recent When We Left Earth: the NASA Missions now on DVD & Blu-ray

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You can now experience the "DVD event of a lifetime" -- When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions is available on DVD and Blu-ray™ High-Def, from Image Entertainment. Having recently premiered on the Discovery Channel television to rave reviews, When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions has quickly become this summer's Planet Earth.

Narrated by award-winning actor Gary Sinise (Apollo 13, Mission to Mars, Forrest Gump, TV's CSI: NY), this remarkable special edition, 4-disc collectible set features almost four hours of unbelievable content not seen in the television broadcast, a rare, exclusive interview with the first-man-on-the-moon, Neil Armstrong, as well as a 14-page collectible booklet featuring a timeline of major revolutionary NASA events, trivia and archival photos.

Packaged in a spectacular, limited-edition embossed metal collectible box, When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions is now available on DVD (SRP $49.98) - and Blu-ray™ High-Def (SRP $69.98).

Since the dawn of mankind we have stared up at the stars and wondered about the unknown. Now, join the heroic men and women who have dared to do the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken – the quest to reach out beyond Earth and into the great mystery of space. To celebrate 50 years of amazing achievements, the Discovery Channel and NASA partnered together to reveal the heroic struggles, triumphs and tragedies in a bold chapter of human history.

Priceless footage was transferred from NASA's own secret film vaults, finally making these unprecedented treasures available for the masses. Along with candid interviews of the people who made it all 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 one-of-a-kind, truly epic collection.

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BONUS FEATURES (almost 4 hours) are identical for both the 4-disc DVD set (or 4-disc Blu-ray set):

* NASA Films
* NASA Film Highlights
* Interviews
* Mission Clips
* Exclusive Interview with the first-man-on-the-moon, Neil Armstrong
* 14-page collectible booklet (featuring a timeline of major revolutionary NASA events, trivia and archival photos)
* Packaged in a limited-edition embossed metal collectible box

Film Synopsis:
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 collaborated 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, 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.

Narrated by award-winning actor Gary Sinise, WHEN WE LEFT EARTH is the incredible story of humankind's greatest adventure, as it happened, told by the people who were there. From the early quest of the Mercury program to put a man in space, to the historic moon landings, through the Soyuz link-up and the first un-tethered space walk by Bruce McCandless, this is how the space age came of age. The vivid HD series features vintage rushes and all the key onboards filmed by the astronauts themselves. The sequences are captured by cameras onboard the spaceships, enabling the series to tell the stories in a depth never seen before.

6 EPISODES:
-Ordinary Supermen
-Friends And Rivals
-Landing The Eagle
-The Explorers
-The Shuttle
-A Home In Space

This documentary contains priceless original mission footage from NASA's secret film vaults transferred to High-Definition at unprecedented resolution, extremely rare footage from space vehicles' onboard cameras, exclusive new interview with reclusive Neil Armstrong - the first man on the moon, greatest moments in the conquest of space played out in real time, and first-hand testimony from those who experienced the greatest journeys ever undertaken by man. Almost 4 hours of bonus material not seen in the broadcast version is also included.

From the first foot on the moon to the first robots on Mars, NASA has long led the human race into the great unknown, fulfilling man's ancient imperative to understand the worlds beyond this one. WHEN WE LEFT EARTH chronicles the amazing achievements--and heartwrenching disasters--of the space agency's first 50 years. The series includes intimate, candid interviews with the astronauts, mission control personnel, engineers, and politicians who had a front row seat for the first half-century of America's space exploration.

PROGRAM EPISODES:

Ordinary Supermen
NASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. NASA and America's first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, are on a journey into the unknown. Six of the men ride into space, each launch taking NASA further forward in their quest to conquer space.

Friends and Rivals
Nine new astronauts arrive at NASA - their mission, to test all the procedures required to land men on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Each Gemini mission launches two men into space, leading to some of NASA's greatest moments - Ed White's spacewalk, the first orbital rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7, and Neil Armstrong's first space docking.

Landing the Eagle
The Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks out in the pressurized capsule of Apollo 1, resulting in the deaths of three beloved astronauts. However, NASA rebounds, launching men into deep space and landing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.

The Explorers
Apollo 13 puts the astronauts to the ultimate test, returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Apollo 17 sends man for the longest mission yet to the surface of the moon, but it's the last lunar mission for generations. Now, it's time for a new phase in the program. Converting an unused Saturn V rocket, NASA launches Skylab, America's first space-station.

The Shuttle
For its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the re-usable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel. Meanwhile, the pioneers of NASA's manned programs are leading the way into the modern era of the space-age.

A Home In Space
One of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding of the Universe. But once it is in orbit NASA discovers a serious problem, a defective main mirror. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem in its greatest and highest profile mission since the Apollo era. It gives NASA the confidence to begin construction on the International Space Station.

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