Secret Space Escapes
Astronauts recalling missions where they had to "escape" from life threatening situations.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:James E. Oberg , Asif Siddiqi , Jack Dimich , Kimberly Spak , Daniel Alexander , Aleksey Solodov , Michael Cassutt , Thomas P. Stafford , Keith Vanetta , Cathleen Lewis , Tom D. Jones , Mike Mullane , Jack Elliott , David Cohen , Andrew Gough , Alexandra Beres , Josh Odsess-Rubin , Tyler Haines
S1.E1 ∙ Fire on the Mir
Astronauts and cosmonauts battle a life-threatening fire and tackle an out-of-control cargo ship on the Russian space station, MIR. Astronaut Chris Hadfield's rookie spacewalk takes a terrifyingÂturn.
S1.E2 ∙ Shipwrecked
A deadly collision in orbit punctures the hull of Russian space station, MIR. As oxygen seeps into space, the crew's lifeboat begins to die. An astronaut becomes trapped in an airlock with only a depleted oxygen tank to survive.
S1.E3 ∙ Secret Mission Mayday
A Space Shuttle crew discovers damage to protective tiles on the shuttle's underbelly that could kill them during re-entry in temperature up to 3000 degrees.
S1.E4 ∙ Toxic Leak
A toxic ammonia leak endangers an entire crew; a cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry, only to be stranded in the wilderness; a spacewalker's helmet fills with water, threatening to drown him in space.
S1.E5 ∙ Point of No Return
A space-walker loses his eye sight and is locked outside his craft after a spacesuit malfunction; Cosmonauts are engulfed by a fire while still on the launchpad; a shuttle mission is aborted T-4 seconds before launch, but the crew doesn't know why.
S1.E6 ∙ Gasping for Air
A toxic leak threatens the lives of astronauts upon reentry. An epic mission to the Salyut space station takes an unexpected turn when the crew suffers from depressurization.
S1.E7 ∙ Abandon Ship
A power failure occurs on the ISS forcing the crew to consider abandoning the station, although damage has been found on the shuttle that could comprise them upon reentry. During the first spacewalk a cosmonaut is nearly stranded after a suit malfunction.
S1.E8 ∙ Fatal Re-entry
An astronaut performs an emergency procedure on an electrified panel to save a new ISS solar array. The pressures of the Space Race push Soviets to launch Soyuz 1 despite warnings. The first Korean astronaut gets the ride of her life during reentry.
S1.E15 ∙ Near Drowning
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