Just perfect...

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

I get sad every time I watch this, because it is excellent in quality and accuracy, and each time I see "From The Earth To The Moon" I recall how much I wish I could have been on the crew of Appllo 8 on that first trip around the Moon. As a young boy I watched this story unfold, as it happened on live television. Sure there are some areas that some viewers have found where cinematic hiccups occur, but if you just watch the show and lose yourself in the story, there is little chance of anyone, space program follower or not, that you can't help but enjoy this outstanding series. My wife gave me the VHS version for a Christmas gift when it first came out and I had to go get the DVD signature version as soon as I saw it.

As a young boy, I always dreamed of being an Astronaut. This mini-series made me remember those dreams. "From the Earth to the Moon" is a masterpiece. The whole history of getting a man on the moon, from the Mercury program through Gemini to the Apollo missions are chronicled. The acting is awesome, the sets are extremely realistic and the action and drama(and some humor)of the early period of NASA is sensational. If one needed a history lesson about our early space program, I would recommend this series. My favorite characters are Nick Searcy as Astronaut Donald "Deke" Slayton (who was grounded due to physical ailments-he would later fly on the Apollo-Soyez mission)and Stephen Root as Flight Director Chris Kraft. This is one space series not to be missed. You won't be disappointed.

Excellent mini-series, with some episodes clearly being superior to others. I felt that the first 7 episodes were far better than the rest, with the best episode focusing on the ingenuity of creating the LM, and the out-side of the box thinking involved in creating this one of a kind vehicle. Most of the episodes had an enjoyably light tone that allowed you to marvel at the amazing journeys and all that lead up to them, but could get serious on difficult topics such as the fire in Apollo 1 and the stress imposed on the wives of the astronauts. I also enjoyed how the focus was on the less well known aspects of the Apollo program, such as the decisions that went into which astronaut would be the first on the moon (essentially decided by the shape of the backpacks and the positions of the Armstrong and Aldrin in the LM, the amount of time the astronauts spent with the design teams showing that they were much more than mere pilots and the geology lessons they all undertook to be able to bring back the best scientific evidence.

I believe I'm a couple of years older than Tom Hanks - and though at the age of 5, I remember thrilling to Alan Shepard's trip into space, and of course to John Glenn's orbit, by the time of Gemini, my interest in history had so trumped my interest in science that I was bored by the space program. Although I certainly watched those grainy pictures of the moon on July 20, 1969, I have to say that I found it all dull and (except for the disasters of Apollo 1 and 13 - both of which I vividly remember) very predictable.This amazing series converted my contemporary indifference to awed fascination. As the spotlighted review far more eloquently stated, the space program in the 1960s was one of the most extraordinary feats in the history of mankind -- and this series makes it completely absorbing, inspiring, full of extraordinary (and previously unknown to me) personal tales, humor, and just marvel at the ability of the filmmakers (including the actors) to create this amazing document.No matter whether you were then alive or have any interest in the space program, you are missing something very valuable and unique and completely enjoyable - if you fail to see this series.I've seen a number of television series that are as memorable as any movies I've ever seen - Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, I Claudius, the various Ken Burns documentaries (particularly the one on the Civil War), the Tinker-Tailor/Smiley's People series -- and this wonderful and marvelous From the Earth to the Moon. I thank everyone involved with this project for the care and dedication they took to present it - and the joy they've brought me.