The Sky at Night – Expedition Asteroid

The Sky at Night - Expedition Asteroid

A look at two missions attempting one of the most difficult feats of space exploration – to collect a rock from another world. This episode checks in on the US and Japanese attempts to bring a piece of an asteroid back to Earth. The missions have taken decades of planning, but the results will be worth it.
 


 

We find out how studying these space rocks can teach us about the origins of our solar system and may one day help save Earth from a catastrophic collision.



The Sky at Night – Expedition Asteroid

Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy. Our team of astronomers explain the latest thinking on what’s out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.

The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show had the same permanent presenter, Patrick Moore, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013, Moore having died on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing, either because the tapes were wiped, thrown out, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place.

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