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PBS Previews Chasing the Moon
Go behind the scenes with the production team to get a sneak peek of Chasing the Moon.
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Explore America's complicated relationship with the natural world, from our struggles to dominate nature to our attempts to understand and protect it.
Chasing the Moon |
Digital Short
Frances “Poppy” Northcutt was the first female engineer to work in NASA’s Mission Control.
Chasing the Moon |
Digital Short
Valerie Hoard married William Anders in 1955.
Digital Short
Nearly two decades before the NBA, a team of African American basketball players from Chicago began touring the Midwest as the Harlem Globetrotters.
Chasing the Moon |
Digital Short
Wernher Von Braun was a German-born, American rocket engineer.
The Gilded Age |
Digital Short
Women couldn’t run for elected office in Kansas, but Mary Elizabeth Lease was a political force to be reckoned with.
The Chinese Exclusion Act |
Clip
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth.
The Swamp |
Article
The writer travels to a Florida lumber camp in search of “that which the soul lives by.”
The Bombing of Wall Street |
Article
The anarchist had an interest in edgy literature, a passion for European plays, and deep knowledge of the thinkers who shaped the U.S. Constitution.
Article
In a 12-part series, journalist Ida Tarbell took on one of the most powerful men in the country, John D. Rockefeller. Her work incited the breakup of a major monopoly, and set a new standard in journalism.
Digital Short
In 1964 doctors and nurses from the North volunteered with black doctors in the South to form the medical arm of the civil rights movement.
Sealab |
Trailer
Discover the forgotten story of the Navy’s aquanauts, who pioneered undersea exploration.
