Understanding the Universe

44:13

The Apollo space program embraces tragic setbacks and historic success; the last stage includes the Apollo 11 space flight which landed the first two people on the Moon.

S1E2 • Apollo Back to the Moon • 2019 • Astronomy

46:02

Description of the two Voyager probes sent for interstellar travel. Tyson ends the series by emphasizing Sagan's message on the human condition in the vastness of the cosmos & to encourage viewers to continue to explore and discover the undiscovered.

S1E13 • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey • Astronomy

43:46

A long-term vision of humanity's future worlds is explored.

2/13 • Cosmos: Possible Worlds • 2020 • Astronomy

46:04

The Ship of the Imagination travels back in time to reveal 11th century Europe and North Africa during the golden age of Islam, when brilliant physicist Ibn al-Haytham discovered the scientific method and first understood how we see, and how light travels. Later, William Herschel discovers the infrared and the signature hidden in the light of every star, eventually unlocking one of the keys to the cosmos.

S1E5 • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey • 2014 • Astronomy

50:51

Look up at the night sky, and you see countless shining stars. Our galaxy has 100 billion of them. Astronomers are now hunting for clues that will reveal "the first star" that transformed the ancient universe and led to the creation of everything that followed: galaxies, planets and life itself.

6 • Cosmic Front • 2014 • Astronomy

28:00

Watch as the Mars Perseverance Rover makes its historic landing on the Red Planet. We take you inside the harrowing February 18, 2021 landing, the science mission, and cutting-edge technology, including the first-ever Martian helicopter.

S4E6 • Breakthrough • 2021 • Astronomy