The Sky at Night
Season 14 Episode 7 - Steering by the Stars
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
Patrick Moore examines some instruments used by ancient mariners to steer their ships by the stars, and discusses with James Burke the use of the stars by American astronauts and scientists to navigate the Apollo and Mariner Mars Spacecraft. The emergency return of Apollo 13 and the fact that Mariner 7 was 'locked on' to the wrong star presented the navigators with an extraordinary set of problems. As man ventures further into space Steering by the Stars will become more and more important.
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
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8
The Moons of Mars
9
Astronomers in the Space Age
10
Moon-quakes!
11
Rockets to the Planet
12
Infra-Red Astronomy
13
