The Apollo Program was a US television science fiction series from the 1960s and 1970s about men attempting and finally succeeding in travelling to the moon. The series was structured as a set of 17 missions, with episodes about various aspects of preparation for each, then the actual trip. The series was very popular, its best episodes garnered television ratings which have not been bettered to this day. The popularity meant excerpts were shown in news bulletins as well as their normal scheduled slots.