Ticket to the Moon

Name: Ticket to the Moon
Director: Veronika Janatková
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-01-07
Rating: 6.0

2019 · 67 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

A few years before the first manned flight to the moon, Pan Am began selling tickets there. 100,000 people joined the club of the first space travelers. Why did they want to leave Earth and what did they hope to find on the moon?

Directed by Veronika Janatková · Written by Veronika Janatková

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