The Sky at Night · SEASON 35
Soviet Space Astronomy
Episode 8 · 1991-07-29
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Patrick Moore visits Baikonur, the site from which all the important Soviet space missions have been launched and until recently out of bounds to westerners. He watches the launch of a probe to the orbiting space-station Mir and talks to leading Soviet astronomer Prof Alexander Boyarchuk.
Season 35 episodes
1. Mars - the Red Planet1991-01-21
2. The Fastest Clocks in the Universe1991-02-28
3. Jupiter and Family1991-03-11
4. Bombardment from Space1991-03-31
5. Wanderers in Space1991-04-28
6. Guarding Their Secrets1991-05-26
7. Saturn the Ringed Planet1991-07-01
8. Soviet Space Astronomy1991-07-29
9. The Pole Star1991-08-25
10. Galaxy in Creation?1991-09-23
11. Hubble Space Telescope1991-10-20
12. Nothing But Blue Skies1991-11-17
13. The Strangest Planet1991-12-09
