Lunar orbit in a long-lasting orbit, at 28° inclination, and successfully completed its mission after one and a half years. PFS-2 was placed in a particularly unstable orbital inclination of 11°, and lasted only 35 days in orbit before crashing into the lunar surface. Lunar orbit In astronomy, lunar orbit (also known as a selenocentric orbit) is the orbit of an object around the Moon. As used in the space program, this refers not to the orbit of the Moon about the Earth, but to orbits by various manned or unmanned spacecraft around the Moon. The altitude at apoapsis (point farthest from
From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries) narrated the final episode, had previously worked on location at the Johnson Space Center for the 1976 movie "Futureworld", filmed in the same buildings where Apollo moonwalkers had recently trained. The series won 3 Emmy awards for Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Movie and Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special. In addition, the series won a 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV. From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries) From the Earth to the Moon is a 12-part 1998 HBO television miniseries co-produced by Ron Howard,