Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this documentary, James May fulfills a lifelong childhood dream to explore what it truly took to put humanity on the moon. Revisiting the heights of the 1960s Apollo era, he meets iconic moonwalkers Alan Bean, Harrison Schmitt, and Charlie Duke to uncover the low-tech, high-risk engineering of the Saturn V rocket and the fragile lunar module. From enduring the grueling forces of a 5G centrifuge and floating in the "Vomit Comet," to flying 70,000 feet high in a U2 spy plane at the edge of space, James experiences firsthand the superhuman tolerance and "right stuff" required of space pioneers—and how looking back at our fragile planet changes everything.
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In this documentary, James May fulfills a lifelong childhood dream to explore what it truly took to put humanity on the moon. Revisiting the heights of the 1960s Apollo era, he meets iconic moonwalkers Alan Bean, Harrison Schmitt, and Charlie Duke to uncover the low-tech, high-risk engineering of the Saturn V rocket and the fragile lunar module. From enduring the grueling forces of a 5G centrifuge and floating in the "Vomit Comet," to flying 70,000 feet high in a U2 spy plane at the edge of space, James experiences firsthand the superhuman tolerance and "right stuff" required of space pioneers—and how looking back at our fragile planet changes everything.
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