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Duration: 1 hour

James May commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings. He meets three of the men who walked on the moon, before experiencing the thrill of weightlessness, and the bone-crushing G forces of a Saturn V rocket launch. Finally, he puts on a space suit and flies to the edge of space in a U2 spy plane, where he looks down at the curvature of the earth and upwards into the black infinity of space.

Last on

Fri 29 Jul 2011 00:20 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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    James May gets suited and booted in a replica of the original spacesuits worn by the crew of Apollo 11.

Credits

Presenter
James May
Director
Paul King
Producer
Paul King
Executive Producer
Aidan Laverty
Executive Producer
Phil Dolling

Broadcasts

  • BBC TwoSun 21 Jun 2009 21:05 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

  • BBC TwoThu 25 Jun 2009 23:20 BBC Two only on England, Northern Ireland, Wales

  • BBC TwoFri 26 Jun 2009 00:25 BBC Two only on Scotland

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