Red Star in Orbit: The Mission
- Episode aired Dec 21, 1990
History of the Soviet space program, focusing on a 6-month-long mission in 1990 to the Mir space station. We observe the training of the two cosmonauts, the effects of their long absences on... Read allHistory of the Soviet space program, focusing on a 6-month-long mission in 1990 to the Mir space station. We observe the training of the two cosmonauts, the effects of their long absences on their families, their departure from the Baikonur cosmodrome, life on Mir, the emergency ... Read allHistory of the Soviet space program, focusing on a 6-month-long mission in 1990 to the Mir space station. We observe the training of the two cosmonauts, the effects of their long absences on their families, their departure from the Baikonur cosmodrome, life on Mir, the emergency spacewalk required to fix their Soyuz spacecraft, the return to Earth, and their re-adjust... Read all