Episode list

Secret Space Escapes

Fire on the Mir

Mon, Nov 09, 2015
Astronauts and cosmonauts battle a life-threatening fire and tackle an out-of-control cargo ship on the Russian space station, MIR. Astronaut Chris Hadfield's rookie spacewalk takes a terrifyingÂturn.
7.4 /10
Shipwrecked

Mon, Nov 16, 2015
A deadly collision in orbit punctures the hull of Russian space station, MIR. As oxygen seeps into space, the crew's lifeboat begins to die. An astronaut becomes trapped in an airlock with only a depleted oxygen tank to survive.
7.4 /10
Secret Mission Mayday
A Space Shuttle crew discovers damage to protective tiles on the shuttle's underbelly that could kill them during re-entry in temperature up to 3000 degrees.
7.7 /10
Toxic Leak

Mon, Nov 30, 2015
A toxic ammonia leak endangers an entire crew; a cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry, only to be stranded in the wilderness; a spacewalker's helmet fills with water, threatening to drown him in space.
7.6 /10
Point of No Return
A space-walker loses his eye sight and is locked outside his craft after a spacesuit malfunction; Cosmonauts are engulfed by a fire while still on the launchpad; a shuttle mission is aborted T-4 seconds before launch, but the crew doesn't know why.
7 /10
Gasping for Air

Mon, Dec 14, 2015
A toxic leak threatens the lives of astronauts upon reentry. An epic mission to the Salyut space station takes an unexpected turn when the crew suffers from depressurization.
6.9 /10
Abandon Ship

Mon, Dec 21, 2015
A power failure occurs on the ISS forcing the crew to consider abandoning the station, although damage has been found on the shuttle that could comprise them upon reentry. During the first spacewalk a cosmonaut is nearly stranded after a suit malfunction.
0 /10
Fatal Re-entry

Mon, Jan 11, 2016
An astronaut performs an emergency procedure on an electrified panel to save a new ISS solar array. The pressures of the Space Race push Soviets to launch Soyuz 1 despite warnings. The first Korean astronaut gets the ride of her life during reentry.
7 /10
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