The 1960s were a watershed moment in the history of the United States. Americans, free of the burden of post-war reparations, were obsessed with other achievements, such as NASA, the game-changing space program that put Neil Armstrong on the surface of the Moon. However, it was astronauts such as Eugene Cernan who laid the groundwork for the rocky and risky road that led to the lunar surface in the first place. He was recruited together with 14 other guys in a secretive process that saw them become the closest of friends and the most formidable of adversaries. He was a test pilot who thrived in the face of risk. With NASA's final lunar mission taking place on his second journey, Cernan became one of only three men to be sent to the moon twice in this fiercely competitive setting. As he reflects on the things he loved and lost throughout his eight years in Houston, he realizes that he has lived an incomparably colorful life. Mark Craig builds a quietly epic biography that mixes the uncommon knowledge of the surviving former astronauts with archival material and unearthly moonscapes to create a film that is both moving and inspiring.
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The 1960s were a watershed moment in the history of the United States. Americans, free of the burden of post-war reparations, were obsessed with other achievements, such as NASA, the game-changing space program that put Neil Armstrong on the surface of the Moon. However, it was astronauts such as Eugene Cernan who laid the groundwork for the rocky and risky road that led to the lunar surface in the first place. He was recruited together with 14 other guys in a secretive process that saw them become the closest of friends and the most formidable of adversaries. He was a test pilot who thrived in the face of risk. With NASA's final lunar mission taking place on his second journey, Cernan became one of only three men to be sent to the moon twice in this fiercely competitive setting. As he reflects on the things he loved and lost throughout his eight years in Houston, he realizes that he has lived an incomparably colorful life. Mark Craig builds a quietly epic biography that mixes the uncommon knowledge of the surviving former astronauts with archival material and unearthly moonscapes to create a film that is both moving and inspiring.
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