In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) on Netflix
PG20071h 49mDocumentaryHistory
President John F. Kennedy set a goal in the 1960s: a crewed landing on the Moon before the decade ran out. Ten Apollo astronauts recount the missions in interviews.
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Plot summary
In the 1960s, President John F. Kennedy proposed that a man be landed on the Moon before the decade ended, and NASA's Apollo program took on the task. Ten of the astronauts who flew toward the Moon as part of Apollo give interviews about their missions, with Apollo 11 given particular attention. Eight of the ten walked on the lunar surface, and two orbited the Moon without landing on it. Film shot by the crews, NASA archive material and television news reports of the time accompany their accounts.
Cast
- Alan Beanas Himself
- Harrison Schmittas Himself
- Stephen Armstrongas Himself (archive footage)
- Viola Armstrongas Herself (archive footage)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Some of the astronauts had already died by the time the film was made, and Neil Armstrong chose not to participate in the film.
- The film uses films and materials from NASA that had not been opened in over 30 years, all of which was sourced and remastered in HD by the stock footage company Footagevault.
