Space is a television mini-series created by CBS in 1985. It is based on a novel by James A. Michener published in 1982. The program is also called "James A. Michener's Space". Like the novel, the mini-series is a fictionalised history of the United States space program. The show starred James Garner.
"Space" won three Emmy Awards, including an award for film sound mixing. It originally aired from April 14 through 18, 1985, and consisted of five ...
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Space is a television mini-series created by CBS in 1985. It is based on a novel by James A. Michener published in 1982. The program is also called "James A. Michener's Space". Like the novel, the mini-series is a fictionalised history of the United States space program. The show starred James Garner.
"Space" won three Emmy Awards, including an award for film sound mixing. It originally aired from April 14 through 18, 1985, and consisted of five parts running a total of 13 hours. In subsequent showings, it was cut to nine hours.
Norman Grant (James Garner), a former war hero turned senator who tirelessly promotes the American space program despite almost insurmountable opposition. Other principal players include John Pope (Harry Hamlin), who, after failing to win his way to Annapolis, matriculates from a Navy recruit to test pilot to pioneering astronaut in the company of fellow space-traveler Randy Claggett (Beau Bridges); Penny Hardesty Pope (Blair Brown), an ambitious and...
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