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The Complete Cosmos

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The Complete Cosmos Season 1, Episode 12: Space Frontier

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Human space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of space to the race for the Moon and the Apollo landings. Watch The Complete Cosmos Season 1, Episode 12 Space Frontier in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Complete Cosmos Season 1, Episode 12 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

13 episodes
1

The Sun

Birth, life and death of the Sun. Interior dynamics, exterior fireworks. Sunspots, corona, solar wind - all about our local star.

10 min
2

Mercury

The most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet. Takes a look at double sunrises, craters, cracks and, incongruously, maybe polar ice.

10 min
3

Venus

Looking at the planetary hell beneath the clouds, the poisonous, crushing atmosphere, seating heats, volcanoes and a runaway greenhouse effect.

10 min
4

Earth

The evolution of the earth and of life, its internal structure, continental drift, day length, seasons, oceans, climate, weather and El Nino.

10 min
5

Moon (aka Luna)

The story of the Moon and its birth from collisions, its influence on Earth, Apollo landings and the recent discovery of water.

10 min
6

Mars

Could cold arid Mars be the next place we land? Looking at polar caps, volcanoes, the biggest canyon ever seen and the possibility that Mars once had oceans.

10 min
7

Jupiter

Bigger than the other planets combined, Jupiter is a turbulent gas giant with 16 moons. We take a voyage through this mini Solar System.

10 min
8

Saturn

Exploring the many rings and moons of this exotic gas cloud and a preview of a landing on Titan, a moon like primitive Earth.

10 min
9

Uranus and Neptune

The outer giants. Uranus has a crazy tilt and a chaotic moon called Miranda and Neptune with tempests and a moon spurting geysers.

10 min
10

Realm of the Comets

Looking at comets and where they originate, the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt and the possibility that Pluto isn't a planet at all (recently declassified).

10 min
11

Earth Patrol

Launched into Earth orbit, these are the satellites that monitor the health of our planet. Looking at the ozone, the melting ice-caps, weather, deforestation and navigation.

10 min
12

Space Frontier

Human space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of space to the race for the Moon and the Apollo landings.

10 min
13

High Life

Living and working in space, triumphs, tragedies and everyday practicalities on the Russian space-station Mir and America's Space Shuttle.

10 min