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The first re-useable spacecraft; the Challenger disaster; a re-designed shuttle spacecraft returns with a re-defined role.

Original Air Date: Jul 23, 2014

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S1, EP8 "Rebuilding Apollo, Orbiting Carbon & Zero Gravity Training"
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S1, EP8 "Rebuilding Apollo, Orbiting Carbon & Zero Gravity Training"

NASA 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.

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S1, EP9 "Beyond Earth Orbit, IXV Vehicles & Galileo Satellites Lost and Found"
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S1, EP9 "Beyond Earth Orbit, IXV Vehicles & Galileo Satellites Lost and Found"

Bold new steps for the Apollo program; perfecting a re-entry vehicle; navigation satellites in an incorrect orbit.

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S1, EP10 "To the Moon, SpaceX's Dragon and Falcon & GAIA"
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S1, EP10 "To the Moon, SpaceX's Dragon and Falcon & GAIA"

The Apollo program achieves its primary objective; new directions in re-useable spacecraft; mapping the galaxy in great detail.

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S1, EP6 "Project Gemini Docking, Mars Curiosity & Satellite Swarms"
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S1, EP6 "Project Gemini Docking, Mars Curiosity & Satellite Swarms"

NASA 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.

S1, EP5 "Project Gemini Advances, Cassini at Saturn & More About Mars"
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S1, EP5 "Project Gemini Advances, Cassini at Saturn & More About Mars"

NASA 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.

S1, EP4 "Project Gemini, Venus Express, EMU & Deep Space Communication"
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S1, EP4 "Project Gemini, Venus Express, EMU & Deep Space Communication"

The 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.

S1, EP3 "Project Mercury Advancement, Camera Tracking & the International Space Station"
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S1, EP3 "Project Mercury Advancement, Camera Tracking & the International Space Station"

America'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.


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Examining the latest innovations in space science and commercial developments in space hardware, as well as historic advances that enabled mankind to travel beyond the Earth.
Original Air Date: Jul 24, 2014
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: 12
Playback: HD
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