Season 1 Episode 1
Trajectory
Documentary • Science
Season 113 Episodes
The Space Race, the Hubble, Chasing Comets & Space DebrisS1 E1Cold War rivalry and the acceleration of space exploration; preparations for Hubble's final servicing mission; launch and the difficult path to rendezvous; monitoring orbital debris.
Project Mercury, the Mars Express & the Soyuz Launch SystemS1 E2The start of NASA & America's first manned space program; the European Space Agency's Mars Satellite; the gradual evolution of Russia's Soyuz launcher.
Project Mercury Advancement, Camera Tracking & the International Space StationS1 E3America's first manned space program finally puts a man in orbit; the array of special cameras that follow a spacecraft at launch; the building and operation of the orbiting laboratory.
Project Gemini, Venus Express, EMU & Deep Space CommunicationS1 E4The Gemini gives the US a lead in the space race; the last days of ESA's Venus probe; NASA's Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit; ESA's worldwide network of giant dishes.
Project Gemini Advances, Cassini at Saturn & More About MarsS1 E5NASA refines the techniques needed for rendezvous; in the Cassini probe's final years of activity, its handlers are asking it to do more complex and risky assignments.
Project Gemini Docking, Mars Curiosity & Satellite SwarmsS1 E6NASA struggles with docking and spacewalks in the final phase of the Gemini project; changing how people think about the red planet; examining Earth's magnetic field.
The Apollo Program Begins, Caves & PlanckS1 E7Things don't go as planned at the beginning of NASA's moon project; specialized astronaut training; mapping cosmic microwave background radiation.
Rebuilding Apollo, Orbiting Carbon & Zero Gravity TrainingS1 E8NASA resumes manned space flight in the wake of the Apollo 1 disaster; monitoring the planet's carbon dioxide levels; the role of parabolic flights in weightlessness training.
Beyond Earth Orbit, IXV Vehicles & Galileo Satellites Lost and FoundS1 E9Bold new steps for the Apollo program; perfecting a re-entry vehicle; navigation satellites in an incorrect orbit.
To the Moon, SpaceX's Dragon and Falcon & GAIAS1 E10The Apollo program achieves its primary objective; new directions in re-useable spacecraft; mapping the galaxy in great detail.
The Beginning of the End, Apollo Gets Complicated & the End of ApolloS1 E11A loss of interest in the Apollo program; new technology extends the program's reach; the last missions to the lunar surface.
The Shuttle Program, the Challenger Disaster & Return to SpaceS1 E12The first re-useable spacecraft; the Challenger disaster; a re-designed shuttle spacecraft returns with a re-defined role.
The Space Shuttle Matures, Complex Space Construction & the Final Years of the Space ShuttleS1 E13THE SPACE SHUTTLE MATURES - The Space Transportation System changes the nature of orbital missions. COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION IN SPACE - Confidence in the shuttle begins to return and engineers forget the lessons of the past.
The Space Race, the Hubble, Chasing Comets & Space DebrisSeason 1 Episode 1
Cast
Chris KeoghGenres
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