Season 1

Season 1

2016-03-02
12 Episodes

Overview

Astronaut Scott Kelly's record-breaking year in space -- from launch to landing.

Episodes

Leaving Home

1. Leaving Home

2016-03-02

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Astronaut Scott Kelly says goodbye to family and friends as he leaves to become the first American to spend a year in space.

Unlikely Allies

2. Unlikely Allies

2016-03-09

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Before leaving Earth, astronaut Scott Kelly heads to a once secret space center outside Moscow that is now the scene of an unprecedented collaboration between former enemies.

Quarantine

3. Quarantine

2016-03-16

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Scott Kelly begins his long separation from the rest of humanity well before he leaves Earth, as he and his crewmates enter the curious world of pre-flight quarantine

Launch

4. Launch

2016-03-23

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The final hours on Earth are a series of rituals—both technological and personal—as the clock ticks down and the engines ignite.

Welcome Aboard

5. Welcome Aboard

2016-03-30

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Watch NASA astronaut Scott Kelly board the International Space Station and adjust to life in space.

Perseverance

6. Perseverance

2016-04-06

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Danger lurks both on the ground and in orbit as the crew deals with exploding supply rockets and incoming space debris.

A Walk In The Abyss

7. A Walk In The Abyss

2016-04-13

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Fixing the space station can mean venturing outside—no easy feat 250 miles away from Earth.

Connectivity

8. Connectivity

2016-04-20

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So much rides on the slender thread that connects astronauts in space to family on Earth.

Last Days In Space

9. Last Days In Space

2016-04-27

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Packing to leave can be bittersweet after a year in space.

Ride Of A Lifetime

10. Ride Of A Lifetime

2016-05-04

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Returning from the ISS is a wild, scary, violent ride—but it’s the only way home.

Gravity

11. Gravity

2016-05-11

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By air and land, rescue vehicles converge in the Kazakh steppe to catch three men falling from space.

Welcome Home

12. Welcome Home

2016-05-18

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After a year in space, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko reunite with their families and begin the long, painful process of readjusting to life on Earth.