The five DVD documentary, NASA: 50 Years Of Space Exploration, is the thrilling saga of America's courageous space explorers.  Enjoy the epic story of NASA and American space exploration like never before.  This documentary takes you on the adventure of a lifetime, showcasing all the most thrilling moments in United States space exploration while also examining the heartbreaking times when tragedy struke the Astronaut corps.  Witness the triumphs of Friendship 7, the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, the Apollo and Soyuz docking, as well as, its most notable disasters like the Apollo 7 launch-pad fire and the Challenger explosion.  In addition, this highly informative special edition offers many stories you might never otherwise see like the launch and retrieval of satellites, behind-the-scense on a space station, the real story of spy satellites and traveling beyond Mars.  Special features include a animated menus, direct scene access, biographiies, trivia questions and a photographic gallery along with a collectible booklet featuring the history of spcae travel in all its splendor.  In the end, this documentary is an extraordinary DVD collectible that is a brilliant combination of adventure story, science and history and is perfect for the whole family.  Full screen in color.  Released in 2005.  Runtime 671 minutes.