From the Earth to the Moon: Season 1, Episode 3

We Have Cleared the Tower (12 Apr. 1998)

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With a documentary film crew watching their every step NASA prepares for the Apollo 7 mission.

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Himself - Host
Krista Adair ...
Jo Schirra
Jay T. Becker ...
Jim Lewis
Virginia Ellen Chappell ...
Concerned Spectator
Marcelo Durst ...
Documentary Cameraman
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Dr. Fred Kelly
Lowell Fenner ...
Russ Lawrence
Keith Graham ...
Skip Chauvin
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Holland Hayes ...
Tech #1
Steve Hofvendahl ...
George Hoggard ...
EVAC Supervisor
Jay Honeycutt ...
Launch Director
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Documentary Director
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With a documentary film crew watching their every step NASA prepares for the Apollo 7 mission.

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In Episode 3, the Apollo 7 crew is being interviewed at a beach house. This is an actual house in the midst of Cape Canaveral. It has been favored for years as a retreat for astronauts and their families. Today it is used as a NASA conference center. See more »

Goofs

Numerous shots of the booster show a Saturn 5 instead of the Saturn 1-B that was actually used for the flight. See more »

Quotes

John Young: [Hooking up Wally's comline] Test. Test. You hear me Wally?
Wally Schirra: Five squared, John.
John Young: How do you think Navy's gonna do this weekend?
Wally Schirra: Figure them to beat Air Force's ass!
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Soundtracks

"The Christmas Song"
Performed by Nat 'King' Cole (as Nat King Cole)
Written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under License from EMI - Capitol Music Special Markets
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