The Sky at Night
Season 14 Episode 11 - Rockets to the Planet
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1957
Documentary, News
Spacecraft have already been to the nearest planets, Mars and Venus. Within the next 10 years other probes will explore much further, heading inward to Mercury, and outward beyond Jupiter-perhaps even to Pluto. Patrick Moore discusses with Iain Nicolson the information and pictures we may get back from these missions. He also talks to Professor Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
Episodes in Season 14
1
Wanderers in Space
2
Orion
3
The Crab Nebula
4
Photography on the Moon
5
When Mercury Crosses the Sun
6
Amateur Astronomers
7
Steering by the Stars
8
The Moons of Mars
9
Astronomers in the Space Age
10
Moon-quakes!
11
Rockets to the Planet
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12
Infra-Red Astronomy
13
