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Shows: the contrasts between scientific fact and the predictions of science fiction. Features of the earth and its atmosphere. Circular orbits and escape conditions. Rocket technology: specific impulse,...
Shows images sent by the NASA ‘Voyager 2’ spacecraft, which reached the planet Neptune in 1989 after a 12-year journey, and discusses their implications. Images include the moon Triton, frozen lakes, and...
Follows the two Voyager spacecraft to Neptune, launched by NASA in 1977. Chronicles Voyager’s discoveries as it travels throughout the solar system. Features highlights from several earlier HORIZON...
Over 200 images from the Hubble Space Telescope and deep space released by the Space Telescope Science Institute. Also includes the story of the telescope’s launch and servicing missions. Images may be...
Examines the chemistry of rocket propulsion, giving an insight into the choice of the chemical components of the rocket motor used by German scientists for the Messerschmitt 163 and by NASA for the lunar...
An investigation into the past, present and future of space technology. Shows ‘Apollo’, the 1969 moon landing, man’s first walk in space, the space shuttle, space laboratories and unmanned space probes.
Uranus is two billion miles from earth, 50 times its size and shrouded in an opaque smoggy atmosphere. Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft, travelled past Uranus early in 1986. The scientific interest centred...
Over a period of six hours on 24th January 1986, the Uranian system was probed in detail and the dots that were its moons became new worlds. Voyager 2 discovered ten new moons in addition to the known five...
Twelve 12-minute programmes. 1: A ride into space. 2: Venus and Mercury. 3: Earth and Mars. 4: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. 5: Orian and related bodies. 6: Includes footage of a total eclipse of the sun. 7: A...
Presents a review of three decades of space technology in the USSR, showing the Kazakhstan space station, astronauts walking in space, the training of cosmonauts, selection of crew and the work of the...
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