Secret Space Escapes

Name: Secret Space Escapes
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-11-10
Rating: 7

★ 7 /10 (3) • 2015–

Documentary

Revealing terrifying accidents, fights for survival, and stories of close calls and near misses by the astronauts who survived them. This series offers chilling accounts of the challenges of space exploration as told only by the explorers who lived them and the men and women in mission control who helped each team avert disaster.

Seasons

Episodes

Country

United States of America

Status

On Air

Cast

Josh Odsess-Rubin

Mike Foale · 1 eps

Reviews

★★★★★

Trailer

Official trailer

Secret Space Escapes

Where to Watch

Streaming

Philo

Episode Guide

Fire on the Mir

10 Nov 2015 · 45 min

In 1997 astronauts and cosmonauts Alexsandr on MIR deals with a life-threatening cabin fire and an out-of-control cargo ship; In 2001 astronaut Chris Hadfield's rookie spacewalk takes a terrifying turn leaving him temporarily blinded in space.

Shipwrecked

17 Nov 2015 · 45 min

In 1997 on board the Russian Space Station Mir a collision put a hole in the station and the vacuum of space bares down; another astronaut's first spacewalk becomes a nightmare when he and his partner have only the oxygen in their suits to survive.

Secret Mayday Mission

24 Nov 2015 · 45 min

A Space Shuttle crew discovers damage to protective tiles on the shuttle's underbelly that could kill them during re-entry in temperatures up to 3000 degrees.

Toxic Leak

01 Dic 2015 · 45 min

A toxic ammonia leak endangers a crew; and a space walk goes wrong when an astronaut's helmet fills with water. Also: a cosmonaut is stranded in the wilderness after narrowly surviving re-entry.

Point Of No Return

08 Dic 2015 · 45 min

An astronaut loses his vision and is locked outside his craft after a spacesuit malfunction during a spacewalk; a fire on the launchpad threatens cosmonauts; and a space shuttle is aborted seconds before launch, but the crew doesn't know why.

Gasping for Air

15 Dic 2015 · 45 min

A toxic leak threatens the lives of astronauts; a crew suffers from depressurization; and an engine malfunctions at takeoff.

Abandon Ship

22 Dic 2015 · 45 min

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.

Solar Panel Crisis

12 Ene 2016 · 45 min