Joe Ahearne
Director
Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets (2004)
Specials
Imagine crashing through the acid storms of Venus, taking a space walk in the magnificent rings of Saturn, or collecting samples on the disintegrating surface of an unstable comet. Seen through the eyes of five astronauts on a six-year mission to the new frontiers that make up our solar system, it reveals the spectacle - and the dangers - they face when landing on and exploring the exotic worlds of our neighbouring planets.
Released Nov. 9, 2004
Episode 100 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.burial-in-outer-space, imdb.docudrama, imdb.titan, imdb.spaceship, imdb.radiation, imdb.pluto-the-planet, imdb.aerobraking + 22 more, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.near-future, imdb.grand-tour, imdb.saturn-the-planet, imdb.astronaut, imdb.venus-the-planet, imdb.reenactment, tmdb.venus-the-planet, imdb.outer-space, imdb.manned-mission, imdb.io, imdb.solar-system, imdb.asteroid, imdb.mars-the-planet, tmdb.solar-system, tmdb.space-travel, imdb.voice-over-narration, imdb.sun, imdb.space-exploration, imdb.dust-storm, imdb.jupiter-the-planet, imdb.comet
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S0E1 - The Robot Pioneers
To accompany Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets, BBC FOUR broadcasts a documentary that looks at the history of space exploration to reveal the science behind the series.
It tells the story of the human ingenuity that has dispatched robotic missions to all the planets except, as yet, Pluto.
Voyager 2 - which accomplished the original grand tour of the planets in the Seventies and Eighties - is a prime example.
Incredibly, more than 25 years since its launch and now over seven billion miles from Earth, we can still hear its whispers from deep space.
It carries the spirit of human exploration like a metal Christopher Columbus as its sensors probe the edge of our planetary system.
Nov. 1, 2004, midnight
S0E2 - Making of Space Odyssey: Turning Actors Into Astronauts
S0E3 - Making of Space Odyssey: Weightlessness
S0E4 - Making of Space Odyssey: Building Pegasus
S0E5 - Making of Space Odyssey: In Search Of Mars And Venus
BBC One
100 min/ep
200 min
Nov. 9, 2004
Nov. 16, 2004, midnight
Ended
NR
Action
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