Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets

Imagine crashing through the acid storms of Venus, taking a space walk in the magnificent rings of Saturn, or collecting samples on the disintegrating surface of an unstable comet. Seen through the eyes of five astronauts on a six-year mission to the new frontiers that make up our solar system, it reveals the spectacle - and the dangers - they face when landing on and exploring the exotic worlds of our neighbouring planets.

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Created By	Joe Ahearne
Status	Ended
Original Name	Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets
First Air Date	November 9, 2004
Last Air Date	November 16, 2004
Seasons	1
Episodes	2
Episode Runtime	1h 40min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies
Networks	BBC One

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Voyage To The Planets Part 2

Just over 200 days of travel from the Sun, Pegasus reaches the largest planet of the solar system, Jupiter. Its danger lies in a menace lurking at its core - a churning mass of liquid metallic hydrogen that inflates a magnetic bubble around the planet, producing levels of radiation 500 times the dose that would kill a human. To repel these lethal rays, Pegasus generates its own magnetic field. Mission geologist Zoe is to land on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. As the most volcanically active world in the solar system, it's a geologist's heaven.

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