Space's Deepest Secrets (2016)

Season 1

A new breed of explorer has taken space travel beyond the moon to unlock and reveal first-ever views of alien worlds and cosmic bodies far beyond anyone's imagination. "Space's Deepest Secrets" shares stories of the men and women who pushed their ingenuity and curiosity to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration. Hourlong episodes cover NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, the Hubble Telescope, the twin Voyager explorations, and other past, current and future missions and projects.

Released April 26, 2016 Episode 42 min 10+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.astronomy, imdb.pluto-the-planet, imdb.saturn-the-planet, imdb.space-exploration, imdb.new-horizons-mission, imdb.carolyn-porco + 2 more, imdb.space-shuttle, imdb.hubble-space-telescope

Watch Providers: Spectrum On Demand, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Philo

Production Companies: Red Marble Media

Network: Science

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

8.0

/299/

Trakt

/41/

TMDb

/8/

Tom Ranson
Director

S1E1 - The Universe's Greatest Hits

From the mission that saw Pluto for the first time to the Mars rovers, a new breed of explorers are risking their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds we have never seen and tackle the mysteries of life itself.

April 26, 2016, midnight

S1E2 - Hunt for Dark Energy

World scientists are searching for Dark Energy, the biggest challenge of physics; In Europe, a multi-billion dollar satellite will map the sky from space.

May 3, 2016, midnight

S1E3 - Death of the Solar System

An exploration of the dramatic fate of our future descendants, the technology they’ll need to survive the end of this world billions of years from now and our options for colonizing and starting again on a new planet somewhere far from Earth.

May 10, 2016, midnight

S1E4 - Alien Oceans

A soaring quest through the solar system’s exotic and hidden water realms, from the deep seas below the icy crust of Europa to the vast prehistoric oceans that once existed on Mars billions of years ago.

May 17, 2016, midnight

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S1E5 - Secret History of the Voyager Mission

Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, the Voyager spacecraft is going to leave the Solar System to tell the incredible story of a mission that was only supposed to last five years but is still going today.

May 24, 2016, midnight

S1E6 - The Plot Against Gravity

The story of how a large aerospace company, BAE Systems, began a secret project to counter the force of gravity while NASA simultaneously ran a similar ‘Breakthrough Propulsion Physics’ program.

May 31, 2016, midnight

S1E7 - Attack of the Space Junk

The efforts of the U.S. government and others to combat the threat posed by space junk, which could derail the future of space travel if left unchecked.

June 7, 2016, midnight

S1E8 - Quest for the First Star

The search for the first stars of the universe.

June 14, 2016, midnight

S1E9 - When the Sun Attacks

When the sun flares up, billions of tons of superheated gas and intense radiation are propelled toward Earth; experts are trying to predict what is coming toward the Earth and how to prepare for this threat.

June 21, 2016, midnight

S1E10 - Inside NASA's Mission to Mars

An in-depth look at how NASA is preparing for its most ambitious and dangerous mission yet; to land a human being on the surface of Mars.

June 28, 2016, midnight

S1E11 - Secret History of the Solar System

The discovery of exoplanets pushes scientists to reexamine the origin of the Solar System; the evidence infers a tale of unrestrained collisions and chaos.

Aug. 6, 2016, midnight