10 documentaries about space

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Expand your knowledge about our Universe and people who conquer its vastness.

Land in the window (2015)

For six months, the ISS cosmonauts filmed their lives: New Year in zero gravity, eating space porridge with space spoons, sleeping on the ceiling and orbital gardening. A film about real life hundreds of kilometers from the Earth's surface.

Tim Peak. How to become an astronaut (2015)

To fly to the ISS, Tim Peake had to not only become a cosmonautics specialist and conduct many experiments, including on his own body, but also to learn Russian. The nine-month training of a British astronaut in the Russian Star City is described in this BBC Horizon film.

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China's great space trip (2014)

Like other space powers, China continues to conquer the vastness of the solar system. The work of astronauts, scientists and engineers is described in the film Discovery, dedicated to the Chinese space program.

Discovery of the invisible universe (2015)

One of the most daring experiments in astronomy is the launch of the Hubble Telescope. Thanks to him, we were able to see how stars are born and die, find planets similar to Earth, and more accurately determine the age, size and composition of the Universe.

Man on Mars. Expedition to the Red Planet (2014)

For scientists, Mars is the widest field for experiments and discoveries, for entrepreneurs it is an opportunity for successful investments, and for ordinary people it is a chance to fulfill the dream of populating another planet.

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Rosetta: landing on a comet (2014)

The film is about one of the most difficult space missions - the landing of the apparatus on the comet Churyumov - Gerasimenko moving with great speed.

Pluto: first meeting (2015)

More recently, astronomers have taken pictures of the surface of Pluto - a stellar body at perihelion approaching the Sun at a distance of 4.4 billion kilometers. This event sparked a lot of controversy in the scientific community, the course of which was watched by the whole world.

"Angara". Into space in Russian (2014)

A film about the launch of the Angara rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2014, the first heavy launch vehicle developed in Russia after the collapse of the USSR.

Secrets of the Solar System (2015)

Every year there are only more mysteries in astronomy. New discoveries lead to new contradictions in astronomical theories, and the facts turn out to be more surprising than the inventions of science fiction writers. The BBC reports on the latest developments in scientific understanding of space.

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Space: space and time (2014)

American popular science mini-series about astronomical discoveries in recent years. 13 episodes with a total duration of almost 10 hours!

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