The Universe · SEASON 2
Space Travel
Episode 8 · 2008-02-05

- Documentary
Episode overview
When man finally broke free of the Earth's gravitational pull the dream of traveling to other planets became a reality. Today scientists are proposing a bizarre array of technologies in the hope of traveling faster through space, from space craft sporting sails that catch laser beams, to propulsion engines powered by a bizarre entity known as anti-matter.
45 minutes
Season 2 episodes
1. Alien Planets2007-11-27
2. Cosmic Holes2007-12-04
3. Mysteries of the Moon2007-12-11
4. The Milky Way2007-12-18
5. Alien Moons2008-01-08
6. Dark Matter2008-01-15
7. Astrobiology2008-01-29
8. Space Travel2008-02-05
9. Supernovas2008-02-12
10. Constellations2008-02-19
11. Unexplained Mysteries2008-02-26
12. Cosmic Collisions2008-03-04
13. Colonizing Space2008-03-11
14. Nebulas2008-04-01
15. Wildest Weather in the Cosmos2008-04-08
16. Biggest Things in Space2008-04-15
17. Gravity2008-04-22
18. Cosmic Apocalypse2008-04-29