Space Disasters (Documentary, English)
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2020-10-18
Ended: 2020-11-22
Network: Smithsonian Channel
Country: US
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
Average rating: 7.4
The tragic launch rehearsal that nearly ended the Apollo Moon Program. The Mir Space Station collision of 1997. The re-entry failure of Space Shuttle Columbia. Each NASA and Soviet space mission is a high-stakes project with an ever-present risk of failure. This series pays tribute to the bold men and women who put their lives on the line in order to get a foothold in the heavens...sometimes with spectacularly disastrous results. We also show how the close calls and catastrophes of our past paved the way for the breakthroughs of today.