Trajectory

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TrajectoryExamining 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.

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Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 24mS1, EP13 "The Space Shuttle Matures, Complex Space Construction & the Final Years of the Space Shuttle"THE SPACE SHUTTLE MATURES - The Space Transportation System changes the nature of orbital missions. COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION IN SPACE - Confidence in the shuttle begins to return and engineers forget the lessons of the past.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, EP12 "The Shuttle Program, the Challenger Disaster & Return to Space"The first re-useable spacecraft; the Challenger disaster; a re-designed shuttle spacecraft returns with a re-defined role.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, EP11 "The Beginning of the End, Apollo Gets Complicated & the End of Apollo"A loss of interest in the Apollo program; new technology extends the program's reach; the last missions to the lunar surface.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, 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.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, 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.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, 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.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, 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.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, 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.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, 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.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, 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.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 23mS1, EP2 "Project Mercury, the Mars Express & the Soyuz Launch System"The start of NASA & America's first manned space program; the European Space Agency's Mars Satellite; the gradual evolution of Russia's Soyuz launcher.

Curiosity Channel • Aired Jul 23, 2014 • 24mS1, EP1 "The Space Race, the Hubble, Chasing Comets & Space Debris"Cold War rivalry and the acceleration of space exploration; preparations for Hubble's final servicing mission; launch and the difficult path to rendezvous; monitoring orbital debris.

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

1 seasons available on demand (12 episodes)

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