James May on the Moon

James May on the Moon is a British documentary in which <a href="/facts/James_May/KgW77YQM">James May</a> commemorates the 40th anniversary of the <a href="/facts/Apollo_program/IC1Ek1Ao">Apollo</a> Moon landings. It was first aired on <a href="/facts/BBC_Two/TErpjSD4">BBC Two</a> on 21 June 2009 and on 10 November 2009 on <a href="/facts/BBC_America/kV60fN4m">BBC America</a> in the United States.
The show saw May interviewing <a href="/facts/List_of_Apollo_astronauts/nXReWvNK">Apollo moonwalkers</a> <a href="/facts/Harrison_Schmitt/VzexTg13">Harrison Schmitt</a>, <a href="/facts/Alan_Bean/dRLtsPvD">Alan Bean</a>, and <a href="/facts/Charles_Duke/4ncWfXoK">Charlie Duke</a>, before himself experiencing weightlessness and G-forces similar to that of a <a href="/facts/Saturn_V/WhpUEFJM">Saturn V</a> rocket launch.
As a passenger in a <a href="/facts/Lockheed_U-2/teouQIET">Lockheed U-2</a> spy plane, May flies to the <a href="/facts/Stratosphere/taBra67V">stratosphere</a> with his instructor pilot, Major John "Cabi" Cabigas, where they are able to view the curvature of the Earth and the atmosphere. His training for this was shown in the <a href="/facts/BBC_Four/13z8yarT">BBC Four</a> documentary <a href="/facts/James_May_at_the_Edge_of_Space/9u3RSEWR">James May at the Edge of Space</a>.

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James May on the Moon