Details of programs
HISTORY Channel Australian Premiere Programming:
Apollo’s Moon Shot
HISTORY
Mondays from July 1 at 8.30pm from and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
This six part series sheds new light on one of the most compelling chapters of the American storybook: Project Apollo told by key astronauts, historians, Smithsonian experts, and one-of- a kind artefacts.
Battle for the Moon: From Sputnik to Apollo
HISTORY
Tuesday July 9 and July 16 at 7.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
This full archive two-part documentary revisits the space race from the launch of the first Soviet Sputnik in 1957 to the American triumph of the Apollo 11 in 1969.
Apollo’s Daring Mission
HISTORY
Thursday July 11 at 7.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
We tell the in-depth story of Apollo’s riskiest mission – Apollo 8: a sixteen-week race to beat the Soviets and send three men in a tiny space capsule to, around and back from a moon a quarter of a million miles away all before 1968 came to a close.
Moon Landing: World’s Greatest Hoax?
HISTORY
Thursday July 11 at 9.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
Featuring interviews with leading experts, conspiracy theorists, archive material and highly detailed reconstructions of the landing, we put this debate to bed once and for all.
When We Were Apollo
HISTORY
Thursday July 18 at 7.30pm Australian Premiere
An intimate and personal look at the Apollo Space Program through the lives and experiences of some of its most inspiring behind-the-scenes figures: engineers, technicians, builders and contractors who spent the better part of a decade working to get us to the moon and back.
The Moon Landing and The Nazis
HISTORY
Thursday July 18 at 9.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
The fact that Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon was also the success of Wernher von Braun and a team of more than 100 NASA technicians and engineers from Germany. But the success story is shrouded in dark shadows – many of the Germans had a Nazi past and were part of the development of the infamous V2 rocket.
Moon Landing: The Lost Tapes
HISTORY
Saturday July 20 at 7.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
This one hour special mines previously unexplored primary source material: audio interviews with astronauts and engineers locked away in NASA’s vaults, camera reels featuring lunar footage thought to be lost for a generation, and home movies that have gathered dust for decades. By relying on never before seen footage to tell surprising never before heard stories, this documentary takes viewers deep inside man’s voyage to the moon.
National Geographic Australian Premiere Programming:
Apollo: Mission to the Moon
National Geographic
Monday July 15 at 8.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
Epic two-hour feature documentary showcasing never-before-heard mission recordings, newly transferred footage and rare photographs of all 12 crewed missions to tell the complete story of NASA’s historic Apollo Space program.
The Armstrong Tapes
National Geographic
Watch Tuesday July 16 at 9.30pm and stream On Demand
Australian Premiere
This one-hour documentary provides a personal and in-depth look at Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon. Armstrong’s sole authorised biographer, family members and colleagues sit down with National Geographic to reveal an intimate look at one of the world’s greatest and least known heroes.
Apollo: Back to the Moon
National Geographic
Wednesday July 17 at 8.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
National Geographic re-examines the Apollo 11 mission with a fresh perspective, driven by the production processes and techniques which have, much like space itself, evolved rapidly.
Apollo 8: The Mission that Changed the World
National Geographic
Watch Thursday July 18 at 8.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
Featuring a new and exclusive interview with Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who took the historic Earthrise photograph, this stunning archive-driven one-hour documentary tells the incredible story of
Apollo 8 and the environmental campaign that followed.
Rookie Moonshot: Budget Mission to the Moon
National Geographic
Thursday July 18 at 9.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
The story of SpaceIL, a small company with a dream to develop the first ever private spacecraft to attempt a moon landing.
Discovery Science Australian Premiere Programming:
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
Discovery Science and simulcast on Discovery Sunday July 21 at 8.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
This two-hour special event features exclusive, never-before-seen footage of the untold story of the famous Apollo 11 mission in provided by NASA by only using the archival footage of the time and transporting viewers back to a time of hope, fear, and ultimately triumph.
Truth Behind The Moon Landing
Discovery Science
Wednesdays from July 3 at 8.30pm and stream On Demand Australian Premiere
Each episode in this five part series is a stand-alone investigation, using science and real- world experiments to bust the most common conspiracy claims about the Apollo 11 mission and the moon landing examining artefacts, meeting with experts, testing evidence and applying scientific reasoning to the most popular conspiracies to set the record straight.
Return to the Moon: Seconds to Arrival
Discovery Science Saturday July 6 at 9.30pm Australian Premiere
In this documentary, engineers count down the final moments in the world’s first ever privately-funded moon mission which took place this year. In what could be one of the greatest milestones in the history of private space travel, or a spectacular failure, it all comes down to sticking the landing.
Confessions from Space Discovery Science Sunday July 28 at 8.30pm Australian Premiere
This intimate hour-long special documents the 115th Annual Explorers Club Dinner, which will host 10 Apollo astronauts and Michael Collins. Secrets will be revealed, as these brave explorers speak candidly about the 50-year celebration of the famous moon landing and give insight to the technology we use daily, the new frontier of privatised space flight, and what this means for the future.
Additional programming as part of the Moon Month on Foxtel:
Tank on the Moon
HISTORY
Sunday July 7 at 12.30am and stream On Demand
Living Universe
Discovery Science
Sunday July 7 at 8.30pm and stream On Demand
The Apollo Experience
HISTORY
Saturday July 13 and July 20 at 12.30am and stream On Demand
Explorer: Journey to Europa
National Geographic
Friday July 19 at 8.30pm and stream On Demand
Mission to Saturn: Inside the Rings and Beyond
National Geographic
Friday July 19 at 9.30pm and stream On Demand
Genius - Space Race - U.S.A Vs U.S.S.R
HISTORY
Friday July 19 at 9.30pm and stream On Demand
Is Anybody Out There?
HISTORY
Saturday July 20 at 1.30am and stream On Demand
The Sky Is Not The Limit: The Chris Hadfield Story
HISTORY
Saturday July 20 at 3.30pm and stream On Demand
Apollo 17: The Untold Story Of The Last Men On The Moon
HISTORY
Saturday July 20 at 8.30pm and stream On Demand
Beyond A Year In Space
HISTORY
Saturday July 20 at 9.30pm and stream On Demand
The V2 Nazi Rocket
HISTORY
Saturday July 20 at 10.30pm and stream On Demand
The Last Man On The Moon
HISTORY
Saturday July 21 at 9.30pm and stream On Demand