Liftoff Videos
Every mission, with the videos that tell it
Every mission we cover, by year.
Mission: 1970Published: 2 Nov 2026
Apollo 13 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, meant to be the third Moon landing at Fra Mauro.
Mission: 1970Published: 1 Nov 2026
Apollo 13 was meant to be the third Moon landing, but an oxygen tank exploded about 55 hours 54 minutes into the mission, and the crew used the lunar module Aquarius as a lifeboat.
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, meant to be the third crewed Moon landing.
Apollo 13 was meant to be the third Moon landing, targeting the Fra Mauro region, but an oxygen tank burst about 55 hours into the flight, around 200,000 miles from Earth.
Apollo 13 lifted off on April 11, 1970 for the lunar highlands of Fra Mauro, but an oxygen tank in the service module ruptured roughly 320,000 km from Earth.
Apollo 13 lifted off on April 11, 1970, and 55 hours and 53 minutes into the flight an oxygen tank exploded after Houston asked the crew to stir the tanks.
Mission: 1969Published: 11 Aug 2026
Part three of the PBS American Experience film Chasing the Moon follows Apollo 11 from the crew announcement through launch on July 16, 1969, the landing at Tranquility Base, the moonwalk and the…
Published: 16 May 2026
Tim Dodd of Everyday Astronaut examines whether Starship HLS is viable for Artemis.
Published: 6 Feb 2026
A documentary on Skylab, NASA's first space station, built from Apollo hardware.
Mission: 1970Published: 26 Jan 2026
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, planning the first landing in the Fra Mauro highlands, but an oxygen tank explosion turned it into a survival mission.
Mission: 1970Published: 3 Jan 2026
A long-form documentary-style retelling of Apollo 13 built from the mission voice recordings and the Review Board report.
Mission: 1967Published: 23 Dec 2025
On January 27, 1967, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B.
Published: 29 Oct 2025
Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke gave this keynote at the 2nd Annual Astro Awards on January 26, 2025, recalling his career, the Saturn V launch, a control-system problem that nearly…
Mission: 1970Published: 4 Jul 2025
After an oxygen tank rupture, Apollo 13 became a rescue effort with the lunar module serving as a lifeboat.
Mission: 1970Published: 10 May 2025
Part one of a documentary on Apollo 13, launched in April 1970 with Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise.
Mission: 1970Published: 6 Nov 2024
Apollo 13 was launched in April 1970 toward the Moon with Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise.
Published: 16 Oct 2024
A documentary history of Skylab, NASA's first space station, built from Apollo-era hardware.
Published: 17 Sep 2024
Explains why the Apollo Lunar Module looked the way it did: a two-stage design by Grumman built to save weight, with four legs, honeycomb shock absorbers, small windows and a thin hull wrapped in…
Published: 16 Aug 2024
The lunar module ascent engine was the one Apollo engine classed as so critical that even minor changes needed sign-off from NASA's highest management, because a failure on the Moon would leave no…
Published: 5 May 2024
A history of Skylab, America's first space station, from the Apollo Applications Program origins and the switch from a wet to a dry workshop, through the damaged launch on May 14, 1973, the three…
Mission: 1969Published: 3 May 2023
This documentary traces the road to Apollo 11, from Sputnik and Kennedy's 1961 goal through Mercury, Gemini and the early Apollo flights.
Mission: 1970Published: 13 Nov 2022
An hour-by-hour account of Apollo 13, from launch on a Saturn V to the oxygen tank 2 explosion at about hour 56.
Published: 20 Jul 2021
An overview of NASA's Apollo Program, from Kennedy's goal of a lunar landing and the choice of lunar orbit rendezvous through the Apollo 1 fire, Apollo 7 to 11, and the missions through Apollo 17.
Mission: 1970Published: 1 Jan 2021
After an oxygen tank rupture crippled Apollo 13, NASA and the crew used the lunar module as a lifeboat.
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