''Chasing the Moon'' is a 2019 American television documentary series by Robert Stone about the race to land a man on the Moon. It includes archive footage not seen previously by the public.

Episodes

Episodes were each about 1 hour 48 minutes in length and covered successive stages in the history of the US space program between 1957 and 1969.

Broadcast

''Chasing the Moon'' was made for

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and first broadcast on its ''

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'' program in July 2019 over three successive nights. It was among the documentaries and dramas screened that month to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

Reception

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'' wrote, "Stirring history and vitally important."

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*{{official website, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/chasing-moon/ Films about the Apollo program Documentary films about the space program of the United States 2010s American television miniseries Cultural depictions of Buzz Aldrin Cultural depictions of Neil Armstrong Cultural depictions of Michael Collins (astronaut) Films set in 1969

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