The Best Apollo & the Space Race Documentaries

Space & the Universe - 65 free documentaries about apollo & the space race.

Start with Space Race to the Moon (85 min, Free Documentary), then Project Gemini: The Most Dangerous Space Program (52 min, Spark). All 65 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on apollo & the space race is Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins.

• Space Race to the Moon (85 min, Free Documentary)
• Project Gemini: The Most Dangerous Space Program (52 min, Spark)
• How Neil Armstrong Trained to Land on the Moon - Smarter Every Day 250 (23 min, Smarter Every Day)
• 2+ Hours Of Facts About The Space Race | Zenith (149 min, Spark)
• The Last Moon Landing: Why Did We Stop Going To The Moon? | Apollo 17 (55 min, Spark)
• Apollo 17 - The Last Men on the Moon | Part 1 (52 min, Free Documentary - History)
• I Asked An Actual Apollo Engineer to Explain the Saturn 5 Rocket - Smarter Every Day 280 (59 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How did NASA Steer the Saturn V?- Smarter Every Day 223 (14 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Inside NASA: The Saturn V Rocket Story (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Project Gemini: The World's Most Dangerous Space Program (52 min, Wonder)
• Earthrise - The First Voyage to the Moon (55 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Apollo 17 - The Last Men on the Moon | Part 2 (52 min, Free Documentary - History)
• NASA's Finest Hour | 13 Factors That Saved Apollo 13 - Part 2 (52 min, Free Documentary - History)
• To the Moon... and Back? | 13 Factors That Saved Apollo 13 - Part 1 (52 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Why Apollo Astronauts Trained in Nuclear Bomb Craters (13 min, Veritasium)
• NASA’s Next Monster Telescope (22 min, Real Engineering)
• Space-Age Secrets Revealed | NASA’s Unexplained Files (33 min, Science Channel)
• The Unbelievable True Story Of The Apollo 13 Rescue (104 min, Spark)
• How NASA Reinvented The Wheel - Shape Memory Alloys (9 min, Real Engineering)
• How One Man Won The Space Race For America (52 min, Spark)
• Earthrise: The Against-All-Odds Mission Of Apollo 8 (53 min, Spark)
• Behind the Scenes of Apollo 17: The Last Lunar Landing (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How does a Spacesuit work? (NASA) (13 min, Jared Owen)
• JFK Behind a UFO Cover-Up? 🛸 NASA's Unexplained Files (58 min, Science Channel)
• The Multi-Billion Dollar Development Of Nasa's SLS (50 min, Spark)
• What It Felt Like To Be The Last Man On The Moon | The Apollo Experience (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Apollo’s Most Important Discovery (Inside NASA’s Moon Rock Vault!) (11 min, Be Smart)
• Mysteries on Mars | NASA's Unexplained Files (52 min, Science Channel)
• NASA's Most Groundbreaking Accomplishments (104 min, Spark)
• Who Was Behind The Apollo Space Program? (56 min, Spark)
• How did the Lunar Roving Vehicle work? (NASA) (16 min, Jared Owen)
• Earth’s Two Moons & Strange Planetary Mysteries | NASA’s Unexplained Files (19 min, Science Channel)
• Was The Apollo Program Humanity's Greatest Achievement? | Behind The Wings (25 min, Spark)
• Where does NASA build rockets? (Vehicle Assembly Building) (16 min, Jared Owen)
• NASA's Orion Space Craft and the ISS 🛰️👩‍🚀 | Impossible Engineering (23 min, Science Channel)
• Saturn's Secrets 🪐 | NASA's Unexplained Files (26 min, Science Channel)
• Saturn V: The Most Important Project Of The Space Race (53 min, Spark)
• Moon Speech - John F. Kennedy (Animated) (10 min, After Skool)
• 3+ Hours Of Facts About The Apollo Moon Missions (199 min, Spark)
• The End Of Apollo: The Last Time People Walked On The Moon (52 min, Spark)
• Moonwalkers: The Men Of Apollo Missions (49 min, Spark)
• What Caused Apollo 13's Crippling Explosion? (52 min, Wonder)
• Space Exploration: The Beginning of the End of Apollo (24 min, Free Documentary)
• Space Exploration: Project Apollo Beyond Earth Orbit & Re-Entry Vehicle (24 min, Free Documentary)
• Moon Shots: NASA's Journey to the Moon (57 min, Free Documentary)
• CIA Cold War Conspiracies | NASA's Unexplained Files (21 min, Science Channel)
• Apollo 17: Interviews With The Last Men On The Moon (52 min, Spark)
• The Miraculous Survival Of The Apollo 13 Astronauts | Journey To The Stars (44 min, Spark)
• What Happened After The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing | Trajectory (23 min, Spark)
• The Truth About The Apollo 1 Fire Disaster (23 min, Spark)
• Space Exploration: Project Apollo & Zero Gravity Training | Trajectory (24 min, Free Documentary)
• Space Exploration: Apollo Program & Cosmic Radiation | Trajectory (24 min, Free Documentary)
• Space Exploration: Project Gemini, Venus Express, NASA's EMU | Trajectory (23 min, Free Documentary)
• What Did NASA Find On The Last Ever Moon Mission? (52 min, Spark)
• Has A New Space Race Already Begun? (53 min, Spark)
• Archive Recordings From On Board Apollo 11 Moon Landing | Trajectory (23 min, Spark)
• How NASA Prepared For Apollo 11's Landing On The Moon | Trajectory (23 min, Spark)
• Project Gemini: The Final Preparation For The Apollo Program | Trajectory (23 min, Spark)
• History of Space Travel: From Sputnik To Apollo | Battle For The Moon (Part 1) (52 min, Spark)
• When NASA Tried to Build a REAL Flying Saucer 🛸 | NASA's Unexplained Files (24 min, Science Channel)
• How NASA Prepares Astronauts In Zero Gravity | Trajectory (23 min, Spark)
• 'Houston, We've Had A Problem' - The Apollo 13 Crisis | FD History (23 min, Free Documentary - History)
• The Apollo Moon Landings: NASA's Greatest Achievement | FD History (27 min, Free Documentary - History)
• 9 NASA Technologies Shaping YOUR Future (10 min, PBS Space Time)
• The Most Bizarre Aircraft in NASA's Fleet | The Super Guppy (46 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Apollo & the Space Race

1. Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins - View on Amazon
2. A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
3. Rocket Men by Robert Kurson - View on Amazon
4. Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell - View on Amazon